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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 #4820 on: July 21, 2023, 09:30:12 AM »
Your thoughts on Chalav Stam notwithstanding, I think all would agree that Chalav Stam is a problem if you are Fleishigs. So that is more than a little concerning.

They were still matched correctly. Merely the flavor was chalav stam. The list was still accurate. I havent yet seen a mismatched flavor.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4821 on: July 21, 2023, 09:35:43 AM »
They were still matched correctly. Merely the flavor was chalav stam. The list was still accurate. I havent yet seen a mismatched flavor.
How many locations and what geographic range?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4822 on: July 22, 2023, 09:48:05 PM »
How many locations and what geographic range?

All mainly lakewood/jackson. 7-11s. speedways, quickcheks and wawas. I encountered the most resistance by far at wawas.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4823 on: July 22, 2023, 10:06:30 PM »
All mainly lakewood/jackson. 7-11s. speedways, quickcheks and wawas. I encountered the most resistance by far at wawas.
Not quite an indicative sampling
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4824 on: July 22, 2023, 10:58:17 PM »
Not quite an indicative sampling
Any hard data the other way?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4825 on: July 23, 2023, 02:28:11 PM »
Kashrus Forum in Israel
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4826 on: July 23, 2023, 03:54:58 PM »
Not quite an indicative sampling
you need a reasonable amount of data to go against a mirsas

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4827 on: July 23, 2023, 04:03:35 PM »
you need a reasonable amount of data to go against a mirsas

That you find it correct in Lakewood where they are probably asked a few times a day to look at their cabinet does not show you much about an area where you would be the first to ask them ever.

I don't know what level of mirsas there is for a random Wawa.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4828 on: July 23, 2023, 04:16:42 PM »
That you find it correct in Lakewood where they are probably asked a few times a day to look at their cabinet does not show you much about an area where you would be the first to ask them ever.

I don't know what level of mirsas there is for a random Wawa.
why assume that they aren’t concerned about being caught by company of switching, most operations are getting machine for free by using licensed flavors. No reason to assume that they would davka use wrong flavors.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4829 on: July 23, 2023, 04:17:59 PM »
why assume that they aren’t concerned about being caught by company of switching, most operations are getting machine for free by using licensed flavors. No reason to assume that they would davka use wrong flavors.
I have no idea, but apparently the organizations feel it is am issue.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4830 on: July 23, 2023, 04:45:54 PM »
I have no idea, but apparently the organizations feel it is am issue.

Some do and some don't.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4831 on: July 23, 2023, 04:48:17 PM »
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4832 on: July 23, 2023, 06:14:23 PM »
Nice article about Slurpees attached

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4833 on: July 23, 2023, 06:30:52 PM »
Nice article about Slurpees attached
Who wrote this?
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4834 on: July 23, 2023, 06:50:08 PM »
Who wrote this?
Document properties lists the author as “Baruch Fried”.

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4835 on: July 23, 2023, 11:49:15 PM »
That you find it correct in Lakewood where they are probably asked a few times a day to look at their cabinet does not show you much about an area where you would be the first to ask them ever.

I don't know what level of mirsas there is for a random Wawa.

I know it was just an example, but you probably have less of an issue with Wawa than others, since it's corporate owned and not franchised. They are less likely to cut corners with knockoffs and have more to lose by not having everything uniform.
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4837 on: July 24, 2023, 12:35:34 AM »
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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4838 on: July 25, 2023, 10:09:37 AM »
Does your child's yeshiva/camp have a mashgiach/hashgacha? Is this something your concerned about?
https://www.akokosher.org/camp
Why are so few camps signing up, it seems to be a no-brainer for anyone who cares?

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Re: Kosher, Kashrus and Hechsherim Master thread
« Reply #4839 on: July 25, 2023, 10:27:04 AM »
https://www.akokosher.org/camp
Why are so few camps signing up, it seems to be a no-brainer for anyone who cares?
Ask your children's camp. That's the biggest push they can get!