A new kosher butcher is set to open in Edgware, the first in the area under the supervision of the Federation of Synagogues' new KF label.
The arrival of Pulkele in Mowbray Road will mark a further advance for the Federation meat venture since its controversial launch last year.
Pulkele is being opened by Yitzchok Kleerekoper, who has experience in the kosher meat trade as a porger. Federation Beth Din head Dayan Yisroel Lichtenstein was "delighted and proud to have such a butcher". Notices for the shop say it will deliver to Golders Green, Hendon and Stamford Hill.
It will be licensed jointly by Edgware-based Chasidic rabbi Pinchas Schneelbag and Dayan Binyomin Eckstein of Stamford Hill, who have previously co-operated with the Federation over kosher meat provision.
The launch of the KF label prompted an angry reaction from the London Board for Shechita, the joint kosher meat licensing authority of which the Federation is one of three controlling partners. The complaint was that KF would be in competition with the board.
But the Federation argued that its new meat venture was primarily aimed at increasing choice for a more strictly Orthodox clientele desiring a higher grade of supervision.
The Federation currently supplies products to the Kosher Outlet discount store in Mill Hill, licenses leading manufacturer Gilbert's and jointly supervises the Shefa Mehadrin shops in Golders Green and Manchester.
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