The Beth Din of the Federation of Synagogues has withdrawn its kashrut certification from the Met Su Yan restaurant in Golders Green, saying it has “lost confidence” in the restaurant’s willingness to abide by its supervisory rules.
The Chinese restaurant’s kosher licence with the Federation, which was due for renewal in January 2020, will instead expire on July 12. The Edgware branch of Met Su Yan is unaffected, being under different ownership.
Speaking to the JC, Dayan Yisroel Lichtenstein, head of the Federation Beth Din, said staff members at the Golders Green restaurant had “created an attitude and an atmosphere that made it difficult for the Beth Din mashgichim and shomrim [kashrut observers] to carry out their supervisory duties”.
He described the atmosphere as “a growing thing, cumulative”, which had come about over the past nine months. There had been “continuous serious breaches”, although he did not elaborate.
