In July 2024, Nahoum & Sons, Kolkata’s 120-year-old Jewish bakery in New Market, stopped selling chicken and mutton. It was instead in accordance with kosher dietary laws. Without a trained kosher butcher, meat cannot be considered kosher, regardless of where it is sourced from. Without a kosher butcher, maintaining kosher meat standards becomes nearly impossible. This aligns with widely documented kosher principles, including those outlined by Orthodox Union Kosher and other global Jewish dietary authorities.

Source: The Telegraph February 11, 2026 11:13 UTC