Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread

[yfr bachur]

1) OU meat is perfectly fine.  Not the same as anything else in your list at all!

Not debating the kashrus. (the psak given (after it was caught) was actually that what was already delivered could be served.)
Just an example of the hefkeirus - oh, and a major choshen mishpat shayla: Is he allowed to serve it to patrons expecting a better hechsher?

[aygart]

Not debating the kashrus. (the psak given (after it was caught) was actually that what was already delivered could be served.)
Just an example of the hefkeirus - oh, and a major choshen mishpat shayla: Is he allowed to serve it to patrons expecting a better hechsher?

I don't think that plant was ever only OU

[EliJelly]

I don't think that plant was ever only OU

Wasn't Empire OU only back in the day?

[aygart]

Wasn't Empire OU only back in the day?

That wasn't from Agri and was not longer the case by the time they had a clearance.

[moko]

Wasn't Empire OU only back in the day?

KAJ as well

[aygart]

KAJ as well

That was only after KAJ left Agri IIRC

[EliJelly]

KAJ as well

Why did that go away?

[moko]

Why did that go away?

after they took Tartikov  they had no need for KAJ

[Alexsei]

after they took Tartikov  they had no need for KAJ

The Breuer's eat Tartikov?

[EliJelly]

after they took Tartikov  they had no need for KAJ

Colloquially "Tartikov" is the other one, B"D Minchas Chinuch/Teitelbaum-Halberstam, which is considered a far better hashgacha than Reb Yechiel Babad Empire has. The former has become recently very widespread and a shud Empire didn't get that one since Costco sells Empire at great prices. 

[yfr bachur]

I don't think that plant was ever only OU

I was a youngish bachur then, and so there's no way I would know all that went on in the world of kashrus at the time - but:

AFAIK/R, at the time Agri had different runs with different secondary hashgachos along with the OU as well as runs that were OU only.
The fact is that the products found in the camp only had OU on them.
When the rabbanim/poskim involved looked in to it, no one ever claimed that there was another hashgacha involved.

BTW How do I know all these stories? Well, around the fourth or fifth year I was in the camp some of the maggidei shiur and other ruchnius staff seemed to suspect that there was something rotten in denmark as far as the kashrus in the camp was concerned. They somehow convinced the owner that there was a need for a "mashgiach" to make sure keilim didnt get mixed up. In the meantime I was tasked by them with snooping around everywhere in the kitchen...
So I spent two summers there doing that - around two weeks in I saw enough that I stopped eating almost anything cooked in camp. During the second summer some of the senior staff (non ruchnius) became so concerned that some of them asked their own personal Rabbanim  if they were allowed to continue eating there. (AFAIR one or two even left the camp after the summer over the kashrus issue!)

[moko]

Colloquially "Tartikov" is the other one, B"D Minchas Chinuch/Teitelbaum-Halberstam, which is considered a far better hashgacha than Reb Yechiel Babad Empire has. The former has become recently very widespread and a shud Empire didn't get that one since Costco sells Empire at great prices. 

not based on facts at all

[moko]

The Breuer's eat Tartikov?

you mean the 12 of them left?

[Moshe Green]

Cholov Stam Alert

https://hamodia.com/2024/01/27/utz-recalls-wavy-original-potato-chips-due-to-milk-allergen/

Utz Quality Foods has issued a recall of 88 cases of Wavy Original Potato Chips in the 2.75 ounce packages due to the inclusion of an ingredient containing a milk allergen.

The company announced that they discovered that some 1200 single serve bags were seasoned with a flavoring which contains a milk derivative, which may be hazardous to the health if consumed by a customer with an allergy of a severe sensitivity to milk.

In addition, the product, which is certified kosher by the Orthodox Union, may be considered dairy due to the addition of this flavoring.

The items subject to this voluntary recall were distributed to retail outlets only in New York State and primarily within New York City.

[EliJelly]

not based on facts at all

Heard that from experts in kashrus, but I'm open to hear others, my pm is open

[TheAsh]

Heard that from experts in kashrus, but I'm open to hear others, my pm is open

Mine too

[rbs-g1.5]

Mine too

mine too

[moko]

Heard that from experts in kashrus, but I'm open to hear others, my pm is open

pm sent

[Spoon]

Mine too

Mine as well.

[imayid2]

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