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Article: Partners agree to buy Iowa kosher slaughterhouse
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- June 24, 2009
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The president of a Canadian plastics plant and two others filed court documents Tuesday to buy a struggling kosher slaughterhouse that was the site of a massive raid by immigration agents last year.
Bankruptcy trustee Joe Sarachek said the move should end months of uncertainty for the plant, Agriprocessors Inc., and the town of Postville. The sale would be subject to the approval of a bankruptcy court. A previous attempt to auction the plant in northeast Iowa failed three months ago.
"If no one else bids on it and the judge approves the sale, they own Agriprocessors," Sarachek said. "Other buyers are certainly free to come in and bid more."
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