Questions about kosher certification of commercial food products.
Questions about kosher certification of commercial products, often related to foods.
Questions tagged [hechsher-certification]
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Claims on food labels: says who?
Sometimes a food item under rabbinical supervision claims on its package label not only to be under that supervision but also to contain only yashan grain, or to not contain sh'ruya, or to contain only chalav Yisrael, or to be m'vushal (if wine).…
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Identity Magen David/Star of David symbol with K in the middle certification
I have seen a kosher symbol with a Magen David and a K in the middle on a few product. I tried to google specific keywords but could not find anything. So I will attach a screenshot I found.
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Changing a hashgacha stamp after the rav's death
I've noticed recently that wines which we get under the hashgacha of the Bada"tz Beit Yosef list "R' Ovadia Yosef Shlit"a." As R' Ovadia died more than a year ago and these are young wines, I suspect that they were bottled and stamped with his…
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Choosing a Hechsher
I am wondering if there is any listing of hechsheirim which provides ratings on their reliability as well as their leanings toward lenient psakim.
I have heard horror stories of hechsheirim which are complete failures in stopping any wrongdoings,…
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Triangle-K hechcher for butter
I know there are issues with the Triangle-K hechcher and I know we've talked about it:
Is there a problem with Triangle K? If so, what?
But the only butter that's kosher for Passover that I could find was Triangle-K. Any reason to suspect IT in…
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