Terrifying treif: Ton of pig meat spilled onto Rishon Lezion street
Dozens of scattered pig parts were splayed on road after door hinge breaks on truck transporting load to a local hot dog factory.
By JPOST.COM STAFF, YUVAL BAGNO/MAARIVUpdated: DECEMBER 14, 2015 14:27Pig parts fallen onto street in Rishon Lezion, December, 14, 2015(photo credit: RISHON LEZION MUNICIPALITY)
A vehicular malfunction in Rishon Lezion on Monday morning left an odd and un-kosher scene on one of the city's streets.Dozens of scattered swine parts were splayed on the road after a door hinge broke on the truck transporting the load to a local hot dog factory.Some 25 pig parts, comprising about a ton of pork meat, fell from the truck traveling from a vendor in the North.Veterinary Services workers were called to the scene to help collect the fallen meat and transfer it to a biological disposal center.The truck involved in the incident was undergoing checks."At around 8:30 a.m. we received a report about the pig parts that fell from a vehicle that arrived from the North and was on its way to a sausage factory in the city," said Dr. Tomer Nisimian, the lead doctor for Rishon Lezion's Veterinary Services.