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NEWS
Suits Imported from Turkey and Sold During Holidays May
Contain Shatnez
By Betzalel Kahn
Suits imported from Turkey and sold in Eretz Yisroel during
the holidays might contain shatnez. Concerns were
raised after an avreich, who chose not to rely on the
spot checks conducted by the importer, sent his new suit for
testing and the shatnez lab reported it did indeed
contain shatnez.
Industry figures note since there is no supervision of the
manufacturing and shipping processes, shatnez labs are
unable to provide a picture of the scope of the problem and
rein it in. Rabbonim involved in shatnez testing are
trying to locate as many of the suit purchasers as
possible.
The only way to safeguard against shatnez is to demand
observant clothing dealers sell only garments with
supervision over the manufacturing process or fully tested by
an authorized testing lab with individual labels from the lab
attached to every garment.
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