ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,572, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Mordechay Avraham Chasid (Ashdod, Israel).

"Method for koshering poultry in slaughterhouses" was invented by Mordechay Avraham Chasid (Ashdod, Israel) and Mina Chasid (Ashdod, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a novel method for rendering slaughtered poultry (mainly chicken and turkey) kosher following the Jewish Kashrut laws. More particularly, the method concerns the salting and washing processes the slaughtered poultry go through prior to packaging and marketing as Kosher foods. During the novel koshering process the birds are hung on stripes, keeping ...