A Postville kosher slaughterhouse that went bankrupt after a federal immigration raid nearly two years ago is growing and on target to return to earlier production levels, its new owner said Tuesday.
Hershey Friedman, the owner of Agri Star Meat and Poultry, said at a Statehouse news conference that the company had put its troubled past behind it. It has begun producing beef again, continues to hire more workers and has modernized its plant with help from the state.
"We feel we can grow back to the same place they were," Friedman said.
It's been a difficult couple of years for the company, formerly known as Agriprocessors.
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