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Links to kosher symbol lists. Each list is obviously only as reliable as its source

cRc: http://www.crcweb.org/agency_list.php

KosherQuest: https://kosherquest.org/kosher-symbols/

Approved alcoholic drinks from the Rabbanut.  http://www.jerusalemkoshernews.com/wp-content/uploads/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D.pdf

These are NOT Orthodox: https://sites.google.com/site/nonorthodoxkosher/home (even though some may look legit)


Informative post regarding Kashrus Agencies
Every hashgacha has +&-.


You can also submit any kashrus questions at
https://www.askcrc.org/ask
https://oukosher.org/ask-kosher-question/
https://www.star-k.org/ask-rabbi choose General Consumer Kashrus Questions in the Subject/Topic Dropdown list
https://www.ok.org/contact/ choose Kosher in the Attention Dropdown list



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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1700 on: April 02, 2018, 11:50:03 AM »
What actually the story with milk bought on Chol Hamoed? Regular Chalav Stam.
what's the question?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1701 on: April 02, 2018, 12:01:20 PM »
what's the question?
Is it Batel if it was mailed before Pesach, in the store before Pesach, or only if a Jew owned it before Pesach? Is Taaroves Chametz even a real concern?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1702 on: April 02, 2018, 12:12:15 PM »
Is it Batel if it was mailed before Pesach, in the store before Pesach, or only if a Jew owned it before Pesach? Is Taaroves Chametz even a real concern?
 
Sounds like a question for your LOR

according to the OU it's not kosher for Passover unless it says OU DP


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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1703 on: April 25, 2018, 12:46:00 AM »
Pringles
Brand
Pringles
Product
Pringles
Company
Kellogg's Snacks, Battle Creek MI
Issue
 
Pringles is changing many of their OU pareve potato crisps to OU dairy. This may or may not be a result of a product reformulation. If a Pringles product is marked OUD and ingredients state ‘whey’ or ‘milk’, it is real dairy. If the ingredients don’t state ‘whey’ or ‘milk’, it is dairy equipment. Those that have the plain OU designation are pareve. Consumers should always be careful to check for the kosher designation.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1704 on: April 25, 2018, 09:50:32 AM »
Pringles
Brand
Pringles
Product
Pringles
Company
Kellogg's Snacks, Battle Creek MI
Issue
 
Pringles is changing many of their OU pareve potato crisps to OU dairy. This may or may not be a result of a product reformulation. If a Pringles product is marked OUD and ingredients state ‘whey’ or ‘milk’, it is real dairy. If the ingredients don’t state ‘whey’ or ‘milk’, it is dairy equipment. Those that have the plain OU designation are pareve. Consumers should always be careful to check for the kosher designation.
I haven't had pringles since a discussion with Rav Belsky where he told me that it is best not to rely on the heter they use for powdered potatoes regardng bishul akum. It says this in the OU bishul akum handbook too.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1705 on: April 25, 2018, 10:00:06 AM »
I haven't had pringles since a discussion with Rav Belsky where he told me that it is best not to rely on the heter they use for powdered potatoes regardng bishul akum. It says this in the OU bishul akum handbook too.
We had this conversation already

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1706 on: April 25, 2018, 10:00:36 AM »
We had this conversation already
that is correct
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1707 on: April 25, 2018, 10:15:10 AM »
I haven't had pringles since a discussion with Rav Belsky where he told me that it is best not to rely on the heter they use for powdered potatoes regardng bishul akum. It says this in the OU bishul akum handbook too.
Is this worse than regular potato chips? Is it worse than kettle cooked?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1708 on: April 25, 2018, 10:16:42 AM »
Is this worse than regular potato chips? Is it worse than kettle cooked?
Totally different discussion. Rav Belsky held it was worse because he held potato chips are no issue at all. How are kettle cooked worse than other chips?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1709 on: April 25, 2018, 10:24:31 AM »
Totally different discussion. Rav Belsky held it was worse because he held potato chips are no issue at all. How are kettle cooked worse than other chips?
Kettle cooked is better than regular potato chips.
Why would pringles be worse?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1710 on: April 25, 2018, 10:29:06 AM »
Kettle cooked is better than regular potato chips.
Why would pringles be worse?
Why would kettle cooked be better?

Pringles are a totally separate question not limited to pringles themselves but regarding all potato flakes and potato flour.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1711 on: April 25, 2018, 10:33:37 AM »
Why would kettle cooked be better?
According to R' Moshe, only real potato chips are oleh al shulchan melachim, not kettle cooked.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1712 on: April 25, 2018, 10:38:43 AM »
According to R' Moshe, only real potato chips are oleh al shulchan melachim, not kettle cooked.
Source? How are they different?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1713 on: April 25, 2018, 10:44:48 AM »
Source? How are they different?
I don't know where he said that, but that's what I was told in Yeshiva of Staten Island, and that's why the canteen there only has kettle cooked chips and not regular.

Have you ever seen a potato chip on a dish at a wedding? I have.
Have you ever seen a kettle cooked potato chip on a dish by a wedding? I have not.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1714 on: April 25, 2018, 10:58:05 AM »
Have you ever seen a potato chip on a dish at a wedding? I have.
Really? Where?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1715 on: April 25, 2018, 11:00:14 AM »
Really? Where?
It's usually stuck into mashed potatoes.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1716 on: April 25, 2018, 11:01:53 AM »
I don't know where he said that, but that's what I was told in Yeshiva of Staten Island, and that's why the canteen there only has kettle cooked chips and not regular.

Have you ever seen a potato chip on a dish at a wedding? I have.
Have you ever seen a kettle cooked potato chip on a dish by a wedding? I have not.
What makes one a potato chip and the other a kettle cooked potato chip? The only difference is the thickness. The ones you have seen at weddings are more like the kettle ones than the regular ones.

 I would not bring anything from the YSI canteen anyhow. At one point they allowed BBQ chips until I got someone to ask R Reuven that all BBQ chips start off as regular ones and just have spices put on them after. I am not sure that the understanding of the metzius is complete.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1717 on: April 25, 2018, 11:11:48 AM »
What makes one a potato chip and the other a kettle cooked potato chip? The only difference is the thickness. The ones you have seen at weddings are more like the kettle ones than the regular ones.

 I would not bring anything from the YSI canteen anyhow. At one point they allowed BBQ chips until I got someone to ask R Reuven that all BBQ chips start off as regular ones and just have spices put on them after. I am not sure that the understanding of the metzius is complete.
My "expertise" (or lack thereof) ends here, maybe one day I'll have a chance to figure out why there's a difference.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1718 on: April 25, 2018, 11:14:05 AM »
It's usually stuck into mashed potatoes.
Those things are regular potato chips? They definitely do not seem to be so, in my experience. It's akin to the chips served along with fish, not potato chips to snack on. They are two different things.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #1719 on: April 25, 2018, 07:39:55 PM »
Is this worse than regular potato chips? Is it worse than kettle cooked?
Pringles/Stacks are formed from fully edible (delicious) mashed potatoes.
Regular potato chips are sorted, washed, peeled, sliced, fried, sorted, then enter a shaker or tumbler for salting or seasoning.
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