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United Kingdom - Two meat processing firms could be fined a total of to £70,000 after the UK Border Agency raided their factory this morning (Thursday).
Officers arrived at Kestrel House - home of The Great Food Company 
and Gilbert Kosher Foods - in Mount Farm industrial estate, Bletchley, at about 10am.
Inside, Agency staff interrogated a total of 56 employees and spent two hours separating those who were legally entitled to work in the UK from those without correct permits.
Seven men were suspected of working illegally; five from The Great Food Company - three of which were arrested at the scene, and two from Gilbert Kosher Foods.
Of those from The Great Food Company those arrested were all men of Sri Lankan origin who may also face charges for counterfeiting documents.
From the same firm two other men were found to have multiple identities meaning they would be taken to their homes for more
From the second firm, Gilbert Kosher Foods, a further two men were discovered to be working unlawfully while their asylum application was being processed.
Both firms share the same managing director who was served with two ‘notices of potential liability,’ meaning he could be fined up to £10,000 per person knowingly employed illegally.
Outside the factory UK Border Agency area director Gareth Redmond told the Citizen: “This has been a good result, following our intelligence to lead to these arrests.
“We take illegal working incredibly seriously, from the individuals themselves to the employers - the UK Border Agency deports one person every eight minutes.”
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Jan 21, 2010 at 11:26 AM Not again Says:Report as Inappropriate
Another Rubashkin story?
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Jan 21, 2010 at 12:04 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
And the Rubaskins continue onward. Don't these people ever learn.
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Jan 21, 2010 at 12:19 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
if the britons can rule on who is a jew and who should get accepted to yeshivos (including children of people who did not have kosher orthodox geirus), then we can rr"ru"rule"
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Jan 21, 2010 at 12:54 PM deepthinker Says:Report as Inappropriate
Let's get this straight. Muslims can run wild in England, but Jews must be carefully controlled.--Is there a connection here/
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Jan 21, 2010 at 12:59 PM ex-pat & glad I left Says:Report as Inappropriate
Have any of you critics any idea how many thousands, nay HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS illegals swarm into the UK from Eastern Europe every year? And they pick on 7 in 2 places???
Typical bloody British, so kleinerkeppeldik it's pathetic. And he immigration people are so proud of nailing 5 illegals, but 100 Slavs tying themselves under trucks to cross from France every day is OK.
Just pick on Jewish businesses!
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Jan 21, 2010 at 01:19 PM Jew says Says:Report as Inappropriate
And wat happened to the treife meat being sold in england?
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Jan 21, 2010 at 03:17 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
gilbert is hardly considered kosher in anyones books
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Jan 21, 2010 at 06:45 PM reb yid Says:Report as Inappropriate
At the same time a man is sitting in prison in the UK for beating up someone who broke into his home tied up his family and threatened to kill them, while the perpetrator is out free, what a wonderful justice system.
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Jan 21, 2010 at 07:22 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
This shows how ridiculous and anti semitic the feds of the US are. all they'r are talking about is a 70000 pound fine, not years in jail plus forced bankruptcy r"l.
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Jan 22, 2010 at 05:00 AM Joseph Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Have any of you critics any idea how many thousands, nay HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS illegals swarm into the UK from Eastern Europe every year? And they pick on 7 in 2 places???
Typical bloody British, so kleinerkeppeldik it's pathetic. And he immigration people are so proud of nailing 5 illegals, but 100 Slavs tying themselves under trucks to cross from France every day is OK.
Just pick on Jewish businesses! ”
Most "illegals" from Eastern Europe are in fact legal, most of these states fall into the European Economic Area. Which means they can work in the UK legally (there are however complexities around A8 states, but these complexities expire in 2011).
Why would a 'Slav' tie himself under a truck when he can apply to the Worker Registration Scheme and seek legal employment?!?!? Similarly why would he tie himself under a truck when he can move freely between any EU member state (which the UK obviously is).
The laws have somewhat changed since you left :)
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Jan 22, 2010 at 05:50 AM englishman. Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ gilbert is hardly considered kosher in anyones books ”
Gilbert has a mashgiach temidi, a choshuve chassidishe yid, on behalf of one of the best hechsherim in the world. Great food (part of the same organisation) is Kedassia. In whose books is Kedassia "hardly kosher"?
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Jan 22, 2010 at 05:54 AM englishman Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Have any of you critics any idea how many thousands, nay HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS illegals swarm into the UK from Eastern Europe every year? And they pick on 7 in 2 places???
Typical bloody British, so kleinerkeppeldik it's pathetic. And he immigration people are so proud of nailing 5 illegals, but 100 Slavs tying themselves under trucks to cross from France every day is OK.
Just pick on Jewish businesses! ”
Eastern European immigrants are not illegal. Most of EE is part of the EU where there is free movement of labour. The illegals are mainly from Asia and Africa, parts of the former commonwealth (British empire) which UK disowned as part of the price of joining the EU.
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Jan 22, 2010 at 05:59 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ if the britons can rule on who is a jew and who should get accepted to yeshivos (including children of people who did not have kosher orthodox geirus), then we can rr"ru"rule" ”
They do not rule on who should be accepted in yeshivos or independant schools. Only on schools that are fully government financed. The independant chadorim and yeshivos are not affected by the recent JFS case. But in our chadorim the parents have to pay fees and contribute to the frequent appeals etc. In chinuch, as in everything else, you get what you pay for.