Obviously from my comments, I am clearly upset about this. This is just another piece in a long line of, what IMVHO are overreach from Kashrus organizations. I understand that there are many of you reading this who disagree with me, but here is just a partial list:
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https://www.jta.org/1993/06/11/archive/pepsi-no-longer-kosher-for-some-other-rabbis-still-saying-uh-huh- Natanya Pizza in Brooklyn's infamous Pizza Mechitza
- The Kinder Eggs story in Israel where a chain imported by circumventing the main importer and even though they had the same european hashgacha, the Rabbanut declared the ones from the alternate importer couldn't say they were kosher
But all of that aside, and not having run a food establishment myself, I'm curious of hashgachas come with a 'Morality Clause'. i.e.
in addition to certifying that your food is kosher, our hashgacha's brand is trusted by the members of our community to uphold not just standards of kashrus, but also standards of tznius, and hanhagah yehudit. Therefore, our certification is contingent upon you following these rules as well.... You might argue that this is the same thing, but it's not - the difference is if the hashgacha made it obvious beforehand.