Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread

[moko]

@moko on way. Do I get to pick establishment? I pick milk st. Thx

milk st cafe is not certified by KVH Kosher. I should have specified "any KVH Kosher certified facility"

do they certify a lot of the Trader Joe's items, too ?

Those are just private label items produced at KVH plants.

[moko]

I believe it's certified by the OK.

The rennet is coming from keivos from a shechita in France. The process they are using is as follows: the keivis are soaked until the water absorbs the peptins then the water is concentrated and the remaining product is the rennet they are using. I believe there were several concerns which should have been addressed.
1. Kavush
2. Basar b'chalav

I have also heard that they were soimech on the fact that the water was pagum.

[yelped]

The rennet is coming from keivos from a shechita in France. The process they are using is as follows: the keivis are soaked until the water absorbs the peptins then the water is concentrated and the remaining product is the rennet they are using. I believe there were several concerns which should have been addressed.
1. Kavush
2. Basar b'chalav

I have also heard that they were soimech on the fact that the water was pagum.

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[sky121]

The rennet is coming from keivos from a shechita in France. The process they are using is as follows: the keivis are soaked until the water absorbs the peptins then the water is concentrated and the remaining product is the rennet they are using. I believe there were several concerns which should have been addressed.
1. Kavush
2. Basar b'chalav

I have also heard that they were soimech on the fact that the water was pagum.

Interesting, thanks!

[sky121]

"Animal rennet and lipase can be kosher, however. If the kosher source animal is slaughtered, de-veined, salted and processed according to kosher law, its rennet and lipase are fine for kosher use. (There is no halachic problem with using animal-derived enzymes in cheese [mixing meat and milk] since the amounts used are miniscule. Moreover, the enzymes are not cooked with the milk, and they are flavorless. Also, the davar hama’amid principle cited earlier only applies to non-kosher substances, and the enzymes are actually kosher.) Still, even cheese made with glatt kosher animal rennet and lipase is considered gevinat Akum when manufactured by without special rabbinic supervision, as the sages created a general ban on such cheese"

https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-kosher/say-cheese/

Thanks! Not sure why I missed this when googling.

[yelped]

Thanks! Not sure why I missed this when googling.

See the Mareh makom I posted earlier. Not so simple, but still accepted.

[moko]

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see סימן פ"ז פתחי תשובה ס""ק י"ט

[thaber]

per the CRC - Kellogs cereal that bear a K are now OU-certified, except for Kellog's Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Cereal, which is not OU-certified, even when the package bears a K.
@moko  - you're off the case? who's giving the hashgacha to the unfroste mini wheats?

[churnbabychurn]

per the CRC - Kellogs cereal that bear a K are now OU-certified, except for Kellog's Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Cereal, which is not OU-certified, even when the package bears a K.
@moko  - you're off the case? who's giving the hashgacha to the unfroste mini wheats?

So what does the k mean?

[moko]

per the CRC - Kellogs cereal that bear a K are now OU-certified, except for Kellog's Mini-Wheats Unfrosted Cereal, which is not OU-certified, even when the package bears a K.
@moko  - you're off the case? who's giving the hashgacha to the unfroste mini wheats?

no one.

[username]

just curious...whats the issue with that cereal?

[moko]

just curious...whats the issue with that cereal?

no issue whatsoever

[avromie7]

no one.

How can they allow them to keep the K on a product that is not certified when the K is indicative of their certification?

[skyguy918]

How can they allow them to keep the K on a product that is not certified when the K is indicative of their certification?

Who is they?

[avromie7]

Who is they?

The certifying agency.

[username]

no issue whatsoever

Why wont the OU certify it. Is it made at a different plant?

[skyguy918]

The certifying agency.

The K doesn't belong to any certifying agency. But I guess I hear what you're saying - they can refuse to certify any Kellogg's product unless all products bearing a K are certified (and remove K from any they can't certify).

[avromie7]

The K doesn't belong to any certifying agency. But I guess I hear what you're saying - they can refuse to certify any Kellogg's product unless all products bearing a K are certified (and remove K from any they can't certify).

Exactly. That's the way it always was. Same with Pepsi.

[thaber]

Now with an ou

[Alexsei]

What's the kashrus level of http://vaadkc.org/what-is-kosher/kosher-food-in-kansas-city/ widely accepted? also, are they usually PY/CY?