@Yehuda Shain – you posted two contradictory things about Empire – first that “The situation at Empire today is not any better than it was when Reb Moshe advised Reb Shnuer not to serve it in the Yeshiva”, and then that “Empire had for a number of years the Hashgocha of KAJ (Breuer�s) at Empire. A short few years ago (3-4) Empire took on another Heimish Hashgocha, KAJ notified Empire, we are removing our Hashgacha, as it does not meet anymore our standard of Kashrus. Which one is it – Empire now is as problematic as you claim it was back in the 1970s-1980s (Rav Shneur Kotler was Niftar in 1982, so your story can’t be from later than then), or was it fine when it was under KAJ but now is no longer fine when it’s under the OU and Tartikov?
As an aside – I personally spoke with Rav Yisrael Belsky ZT”L re: Empire back in the early 2000s, and he was adamant that the Empire standards were as high as anything else out there in the market – his statement was “I don’t stand for any Kulos”. If you think you know better than him, then please, explain yourself.
FYI – there was an article on Empire on YWN back in 2020, when they dropped the KAJ Hechsher. It is at https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1885365/in-depth-analysis-why-did-kaj-pull-their-hechsher-from-empire-kosher-chickens.html
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