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COFFEE throughout the ages has played an important and often critical role in people’s lives and daily operation. Be it in the halls of the bais medrash, at work, or even waking in the morning, many individuals look toward coffee as a vital boost to their daily energy. In fact, this beverage is so important to some that the Mishna Brura (89:22) rules that one may drink unsweetened black coffee before shacharis in the morning, so that he will be able to daven with the proper concentration. This seemingly innocuous beverage has been almost universally accepted as kosher, with little issue regarding the vessels used, as most coffee machines are dedicated equipment. Recent technological advances in the beverage industry have allowed for a private individual to enjoy the taste of a fresh brewed coffee – once the exclusive domain of coffee houses – in the pri- vacy of their own home or workplace. This remarkable machine, known as a Keurig® brewer, allows one to brew coffee thru the use of specially pat- ented K-Cup® packs in a matter of sec- onds. Keurig brew- ers allow for specific varieties and blends for each individual, without having to make large batches or wait long periods of time for it to brew. Although this may seem very simple and easy to the average consumer, numerous THE KASHRUS OF KEURIG RABBI ELI ELEFF RC Beverages, Consumer Relations RABBI ELI GERSTEN RC Recorder of OU Psak and Policy T H E Daf H a K ashrus A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE OU RABBINIC FIELD REPRESENTATIVE VOL. w f / NO. 5 ADAR 5772 /MARCH 2012 s ww xc Published by the Orthodox Union, Eleven Broadway, New York, NY 10004 Please direct your comments to RABBI YOSEF GROSSMAN, EDITOR at 212-613-8212 or [email protected] continued on page 24 continued on page 24 KEDEM continues to bottle grape juice under its own name as well as under the Savion, Gefen and Lipschutz labels. All these items have always been and will continue to be Mevushal. Kedem has one not Mevushal grape juice. This is bottled in 1.5 liter glass bottles and clearly labeled Non-Mevushal. Manischewitz has Mevushal Concord grape juice as in past years. Kedem has also introduced Pomegranate and Sparkling Pomogrape Juices with the UP certification. Jelinek will have UP pear brandy in addition to traditional slivovitz and Distillerie will have UP gin. UP liquers will be available under the Queen Esther, Spirit of Solomon & Gold Shot lables. Zachlawi will have UP arak and vodka. Manischewitz continues to bake matzah in Newark, NJ as in years past. The OU has also agreed to place the UP on Aviv, Osem, Yehuda and Rishon matzah products coming from Israel. The items are supervised by local Rabbanim and are satisfactorily made with OU Pesach guidelines. In addition, we have this year certified Yanovsky matzah baked in Argentina. This matzah is widely distributed in Latin America. This company manufactures various types of matzah. All matzah is always an eighteen minute product. Manischewitz has whole wheat matzah meal and whole wheat matzah farfel. These items are made from Manischewitz UP whole wheat matzah. Manischewitz also bakes UP Matzah under the Horowitz Margareten and Negev labels. This year the company is introducing Mediterranean Matzah which is regular matzah sprayed with oil and spices after baking. It is not Matzah Ashirah. Manischewitz continues to produce Egg Matzah as well as Passover Tam Tams. These are made from egg matzah dough and marked as Matzah Ashira on the box. Manischewitz bakes machine Shmura Matzah and will also have UP hand shmurah matzah baked for them in Israel. Manischewitz makes a product known as matzah crackers. Both of these are ordinary matzah products and not matzah ashirah. The various Israeli OU matzah companies will all be selling machine shmurah matzah as well. UP WHAT’S NEW FOR 2012? RABBI SHMUEL SINGER RC, Passover, Wine, Chocolate The OU joins with Klal Yisroel in wishing a Refuah Shleima to OU Posek HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yisroel Belsky Shlita – Chaim Yisroel Ben Chana Tzirel who has been hospitalized and is in the Intensive Care Unit in critical condition. Please continue to daven for him and additionally for HaGaon Harav Elyashiv Shlita – Yosef Sholom Ben Chaya Musha. One of Rav Belsky’s well known contributions to the tzibbur has been his formal involvement in kashrus hashgachah for more than 25 years. People have started a project as a zechus for Rav Belsky’s refuah shelaimah. Each day a short psak halacha from Rav Belsky on a kashrus-related topic is emailed. If you would like to receive these emails or contribute a psak, please email [email protected].

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Page 1: wf / NO. 5 ADAR 5772 /MARCH 2012 Daf H aK ashrus ·  · 2013-05-07RC, Passover, Wine, Chocolate ... Included in these topics are the possibility of non-certified K-Cup® packs,

Coffee throughout the ages has played an important and often critical role in people’s lives and daily operation. Be it in the halls of the bais medrash, at work, or even waking in the morning, many individuals look toward coffee as a vital boost to their daily energy. In fact, this beverage is so important to some that the Mishna Brura (89:22) rules that one may drink unsweetened black coffee before shacharis in the morning, so that he will be able to daven with the proper concentration. This seemingly innocuous beverage has been almost universally accepted as kosher, with little issue regarding the vessels used, as most coffee machines are dedicated equipment.

Recent technological advances in the beverage industry have allowed for a private individual to enjoy the taste of a fresh brewed coffee – once the exclusive domain of coffee houses – in the pri-vacy of their own home or workplace. This remarkable machine,

known as a Keurig® brewer, allows one to brew coffee thru the use of specially pat-ented K-Cup® packs in a matter of sec-onds. Keurig brew-ers allow for specific varieties and blends for each individual, without having to make large batches or wait long periods of time for it to brew. Although this may seem very simple and easy to the average consumer, numerous

the kashrus of keurigraBBi eli eleffRC Beverages, Consumer Relations

raBBi eli gersteNRC Recorder of OU Psak and Policy

T H EDaf H aK ashrusa m o N t h l y N e w s l e t t e r f o r t h e o u r a B B i N i C f i e l d r e p r e s e N t a t i v e

VOL. wf / NO. 5 ADAR 5772 /MARCH 2012 swwxc

Published by the Orthodox Union, Eleven Broadway, New York, NY 10004

please direct your comments to raBBi yosef grossmaN, editor at 212-613-8212 or [email protected]

continued on page 24 continued on page 24

kedem continues to bottle grape juice under its own name as well as under the Savion, Gefen and Lipschutz labels. All these items have always been and will continue to be Mevushal. Kedem has one not Mevushal grape juice. This is bottled in 1.5 liter glass bottles and clearly labeled Non-Mevushal. Manischewitz has Mevushal Concord grape juice as in past years. Kedem has also introduced Pomegranate and Sparkling Pomogrape Juices with the U P certification. Jelinek will have U P pear brandy in addition to traditional slivovitz and Distillerie will have U P gin. U P liquers will be available under the Queen Esther, Spirit of Solomon & Gold Shot lables. Zachlawi will have U P arak and vodka.

Manischewitz continues to bake matzah in Newark, NJ as in years past. The OU has also agreed to place the U P on Aviv, Osem, Yehuda and Rishon matzah products coming from Israel. The items are supervised by local Rabbanim and are satisfactorily made with OU Pesach guidelines. In addition, we have this year certified Yanovsky matzah baked in Argentina. This matzah is widely distributed in Latin America. This company manufactures various types of matzah. All matzah is always an eighteen minute product.

Manischewitz has whole wheat matzah meal and whole wheat matzah farfel. These items are made from Manischewitz U P whole wheat matzah. Manischewitz also bakes U P Matzah under the Horowitz Margareten and Negev labels. This year the company is introducing Mediterranean Matzah which is regular matzah sprayed with oil and spices after baking. It is not Matzah Ashirah. Manischewitz continues to produce Egg Matzah as well as Passover Tam Tams. These are made from egg matzah dough and marked as Matzah Ashira on the box. Manischewitz bakes machine Shmura Matzah and will also have U P hand shmurah matzah baked for them in Israel. Manischewitz makes a product known as matzah crackers. Both of these are ordinary matzah products and not matzah ashirah. The various Israeli OU matzah companies will all be selling machine shmurah matzah as well.

U P what’s New for 2012?raBBi shmuel siNgerRC, Passover, Wine, Chocolate

The OU joins with Klal Yisroel in wishing a Refuah Shleima to OU Posek HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yisroel Belsky Shlita – Chaim Yisroel Ben Chana Tzirel who has been hospitalized and is in the Intensive Care Unit in critical condition.

Please continue to daven for him and additionally for HaGaon Harav Elyashiv Shlita – Yosef Sholom Ben Chaya Musha. One of Rav Belsky’s well known contributions to the tzibbur has been his formal involvement in kashrus hashgachah for more than

25 years. People have started a project as a zechus for Rav Belsky’s refuah shelaimah. Each day a short psak halacha from Rav Belsky on a kashrus-related topic is emailed. If you would like to receive these emails or contribute a psak, please email [email protected].

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halachic components need to be addressed to maintain the kashrus of the brewer. Included in these topics are the possibility of non-certified K-Cup® packs, kashering,

Pesach status, and tevilas kaylim.

Q: are there aNy k-Cup® paCks whiCh are Not Certi-fied kosher, or are they all kosher?

As of this writing (February 2012) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., the makers of the K-Cup® packs, has two brands of K-Cup® Packs that are not certified kosher; Café Escapes® and Swiss Miss®. Additionally, there are a number of K-Cup® packs that are certified kosher dairy.

Q: is it possiBle for someoNe to Create their owN “k-Cup” with mystery flavors, thus poteNtially CausiNg the keurig to Be NoN-kosher?

Yes! It should be noted that it is possible to purchase reusable cartridges that fit into Keurig machines that can be filled with any brand of coffee/cocoa/tea. Therefore, while it is true that most K-Cup packs are kosher and pareve, one should not immediately assume that any Keurig machine may be used.

Q: i am at work aNd my Co-worker plaCed his NoN-kosher mug uNder-Neath the spout, CaN i use this afterwards? i was iN the yeshiva luNCh room aNd i saw shimoN pour milk iNto his Coffee while his k-Cup® paCk was BrewiNg. if i make a Coffee iN the keurig aNd theN eat the yeshiva’s sigNature “meat surprise,” CaN i driNk my Coffee while muNChiNg oN this deleCtaBle fleishig deliCaCy?

The Mishnah (Machshirin 5:10) says that pouring a hot tahor liquid into a cold tamei liquid does not form a chibur l’tumah. The Mordechai relates this halachah to issur v’heter as well. Therefore, the non-kosher mug will not affect the kashrus of the Keurig machine. Similarly, if one placed a mug with milk underneath a pareve Keurig machine, there is no need to kasher. Even though zeiya from the mug will rise up to the Keurig, the spout - which is hot - will deflect the zeiya from the kli sheini.

Q: the keurig was used for aN uNCerti-fied flavor just miNutes ago, CaN i kasher it By just ruNNiNg a CyCle of hot water?

In an office environment where it is not possible to idle the Keurig for 24 hours (i.e. the machine is used every day by co-workers with potentially non-kosher or dairy K-Cup® packs), one may be lenient to kasher the Keurig machine without wait-ing 24 hours. One should wipe out the cup holder all around (inside and underneath) with damp paper towels and then run hot water through the machine so that it touches all surfaces. It has been found that ripping out the bottom of a Styrofoam cup and placing it over the bottom of the cup holder will cause the holder to fill with hot water. Kashering with irui is acceptable since the Keurig machine works through irui. The few ounces of hot coffee that run through these pipes do not

keuRigcontinued from page 23

qualify as an extended irui. In industrial settings we view the flow of product through the pipes as a continuation of the kli rishon, because the irui of hundreds of gallons of water for an extended period of time saturates the walls of the pipes such that there are no difanos mikareros. This obviously does not take place in a Keurig machine. Therefore, any non-kosher bliyos would not penetrate further than a k’dei klipa of the piping. By running a cup of hot water through the pipes there will definitely be more than shishim k’neged this k’dei klipa1. Although Rema (O.C. 452:2 as explained by Pri Migadim) writes that the minhag is not to kasher ben yomo kailim even if one will have shishim, in shas hadchak situations, one may be maikel2.

Q: iN my heimishe offiCe, someoNe By aCCideNt treifed up the keurig Brewer, CaN it Be kashered?

The Keurig machine is mostly made of plastic. While there are differing opinions as to whether plastic can be kashered for Pesach, the prevailing opinion is that for year round use one may kasher plastic. Therefore, if one purchased a used Keurig machine they may kasher it by cleaning out the cup holder, making sure it has not been used in 24 hours and then kashering by running hot water through the system.

Keurig® Vue™offers greater customization

to brew what you like stronger, bigger, and hotter

WATERBURY, Vt. (February 15, 2012) – Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., (GMCR) (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty cof-fee and coffee makers, recent-ly announced the expansion of its line of Keurig® Single Cup Brewers with the addition of the Keurig®

Vue™ brewer, a premium new platform designed with the ability to brew stronger, bigger, and hotter. The new Vue™ brewer, paired with new Vue™ packs, maintains the simplicity and convenience of the existing Keurig® K-Cup® system with added customizable features so consumers have control over the strength, size, and temperature of their beverages.

vue™ platform BeNefits

Brew Stronger: With Custom Brew Technology™, the Vue™ brewer adjusts water pressure, timing, and airflow so consumers can brew to better suit their taste preference.

Brew Bigger: Consumers can brew a larger travel mug with new Vue™ packs specially formulated to brew a bigger cup up to 18 oz.

Brew Hotter: Vue™ offers a brewing temperature range between 187 and 197 degrees Fahrenheit so consumers have more ways to customize the perfect cup.

Contact Information: Suzanne DuLong, VP IR & Corporate Comm T: 802-882-2100 [email protected]

green Mountain Coffee roasters

unVeils new Keurig Brewing PlatforM

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Q: the other week i was driviNg, aNd saw a sigN for a garage sale. Naturally, i pulled

over to see what they had. lo aNd Behold they had a used keurig maChiNe for sale. CaN i Buy it aNd kasher it?According to what we just said, if one purchased a used Keurig machine, they may kasher it by cleaning out the cup holder, ascer-taining that it has not been used in 24 hours and then kashering by running hot water through the system.

Q: i am desperate for my keurig Brewed Coffee, CaN my private keurig Be kashered for pesaCh?

Although regular unflavored coffee grounds are always kosher for Pesach, many of the flavored K-Cup® packs are not. Therefore one may not use their year round or office Keurig on Pesach. What about kashering the machine? Aside from the issue of whether one may kasher plastic for Pesach, there is also a question as to whether one may kasher narrow tubing. Magen Avrohom (O.C. 452:11) says that narrow tubes that cannot be scrubbed clean should not be kashered for Pesach. Others are more maikel if hot detergent is poured through those tubes3, since the detergent is an effective cleanser. Additionally, the detergent serves as a davar ha’pogem.

Q: are there aNy k-Cup varieties that are kosher for pesaCh? i just love “extra Bold fair trade orgaNiC sumatraN reserve”?

For those wishing to invest in a new Keurig machine, there are indeed several dozen K-Cup® packs that are acceptable for Pesach, even though they are not labeled OU-P. A complete list is available on the OU website (www.oukosher.org/products). Oh, and yes, it is accept-able for Pesach without special certification.

Q: does a keurig reQuire tevilas kaylim? isN’t it BasiCally a Computer?

Unlike most other hot water urns that can withstand being dunked in water, so long as they are properly dried, the Keurig machine has a digital component that cannot survive getting wet. Additionally, even if one were to attempt to toivel a Keurig machine, the inner chamber will not fill with water. Water will only enter the inside chamber by being pumped through. So tevila is not really an option.

Rav Belsky holds that we may view the Keurig machine as a plastic kli, which is exempt from tevila. This is because the entire visible machine is indeed plastic. The metal receptacle and element which are in the recesses of the machine are not accessible. Although there are two pins that pierce and inject hot water into the K-Cup® pack, it is not clear that these pins require tevila. It is possible that they are like a can opener. If one wishes to remove the pins and toivel them, with some cajoling they can be removed (at least in some models).

Q: how does oNe oBviate the Need for tevilas kaylim?

If one sells a portion of the Keurig machine to a non-Jew, this would alleviate any question of tevila, because even a kli that is owned bi’shutfos (partnership) with a non-Jew is exempt from tevila4. Likewise, if an office has a coffee service contract that supplies and owns the Keurig machine then there is no chiyuv tevila, so long as the service company is at least partially owned by non-Jews.

__________________________________________________________ 1 Shach Y.D. 137:11 and Taz Y.D. 137:42 Sefer Hagalos Kaylim Perek 6 Halacha 12 3 See Teshuvas Va’yaan Yosef O.C. 2224 Rema Y.D. 120:11

keuRigcontinued from page 24

Coca Cola will again be avail-able with an U P

for Pesach in Regular and Diet flavors. Aside from the New York metropolitan area, Coke will be available in Boston, Baltimore-Washington, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. This year, in New York, Coca Cola items will be made with an U P in 2 liter bottles. All these items, of course, require the U P symbol. Most of the bottling plants servicing these markets will designate the Passover Coke items with a distinctive yellow cap in addition to the U P symbol on the cap or shoulder of the bottle.

The Haddar line of Passover products has received the U P symbol. All the Haddar Passover items will now be available with the U P symbol. The Barton brand will be back again with the U P . In addition Barracini has now received the U P . A full line of Barricini candy items will be available with the U P symbol. Manischewitz and Barricini will both have chocolate covered egg matzah and egg matzah crackers. In addition Barton will have U P chocolate covered regular matzah crack-ers. The Barton item is not Matzah Ashirah. Barricini also has chocolate covered regular matzah. This is also not Matzah Ashirah. Guiltless Gourmet will be introducing U P

cashew crunch and almond crunch this year.

wHAT’s Newcontinued from page 23

Norman’s has Machmirim brand of Cholov Yisroel yogurt. In addition there will be U P Cholov Yisroel goat cheese and sheep cheese from Barkanit and mozzarella, provolone and pecorino cheese from Yotvata. Cabot Creamery will have U P cheddar cheese. This item is not Cholov Yisroel.

There will be four U P brands of packaged cakes available this year. These will be Reisman, Schicks, Seder and Lily’s Bakeshop. They are baked in a special Passover bakery and do not contain matzah meal. In addi-tion, the Willmark line of industrial bakery products has been purchased by VIP and many of these items are appearing with the U P label this year. Gedilla cookies and Gefen cookies will be available with U P . These items are not made with matzah meal. Bernies Foods will have Frankels blintzes, waffles and pizza as well as LeTova Kichel and bread sticks. These are not made with matzah meal. Dayenu pizza, rolls and pierogies are made with matzah meal. This year Absolutely Gluten Free will have a line of U P crackers and flatbreads and Pereg will have crackers. These are made with no matzah meal as is Yehuda gluten free cake meal.

Season has introduced a number of new Moroccan sardine items in various sauces for Pesach. All of these items are made with Mashgiach Temidi and bishul yisrael. Tuna fish is available with an U P from Season, Gefen and Mishpacha. In addition Shoprite U P tuna fish in water will be available. Season and Gefen will have U P salmon in both regular and no salt versions. Kirkland will have U P smoked salmon as a new item. All these items are made with Mashgiach Temidi and Bishul Yisrael.

The OU position remains that OU super-vised extra virgin olive oil can be used with-out special supervision for Pesach. In addi-

tion, Bartenura, Carmel, Gefen and Mishpacha olive oil will be available with an U P label. Mother’s olive oil

pan coating spray, Mishpacha olive oil spray and Manischewitz buttery safflower cooking spray, olive oil spray and olive oil garlic cook-ing sprays will also be available. Prepared olives with an U P will be available from Gefen, Osem, Kvuzat Yavne, Gilboa and Mishpacha. Bartenura will be introducing an U P grapeseed oil this year. De La Rosa will also have U P grapeseed oil as well as olive oil and organic olive oil. continued on page 27

ou suPerViseD eXtra Virgin oliVe oil Can Be useD

witHout sPeCial suPerVision for PesaCH

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harry h. BereN ask ou outreaCh iN portlaNdHands-on Checking Fruits and Vegetables for Thrips, Aphids, and their Friends’ Class

the Harry H. Beren ASKOU OUTREACH program, in conjunction with Congregation Kesser Israel and the Portland Kollel, provided a hands-on practicum at the Kollel in Southwest Portland on a recent Sunday. Rabbi Zvi B. Hollander, one of the Orthodox Union’s West Coast RFRs, showed about 20 fascinated men and women of Portland’s Jewish community just what is sharing their fruits and vegetables.

“As I went this morning to buy the produce, the bagger at Albertson’s (the local source for kosher deli and baked goods) actually told me that these critters are where vegans get their protein!” said Rabbi Hollander with a smile. “Given the Pacific Northwest’s reputation for natural living, the attendees were committed nonetheless to learn how to fulfill the Jewish laws which prohibit ingesting even a dead bug in fresh and especially organic produce, let alone the variety of live species that were shown at the practicum. Butter lettuce, broccoli, romaine, mushrooms, as well as the iconic local marionberry (the Oregon version of blackberries), raspberries, and strawberries were all checked and found to be, well, inhabited.”

Aviel Brodkin, the wife of Kesser Israel’s Rabbi Yekusiel Brodkin, declared, “As I’ve shared with our congregants, it’s hard to believe it until you actually see them with your own eyes. I’ve found bugs before, but this was a wonderful opportunity to learn about a variety of new techniques for checking, to actually try them out, and to see what tools, such as light-boxes, we need to have in our kitchens. Our community certainly benefitted from this program.”

Portland Kollel dean Rabbi Tzvi Fischer was also enthusiastic about the Beren ASKOU initiative. “Rabbi Hollander and OU Kosher are a won-derful resource in our community, and the bug-checking pamphlets, the CD’s and DVD’s that were made available after the class will greatly enhance our community’s awareness of how important this requirement is in kosher observance,” said Rabbi Fisher.

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These include spicy marinades, salsa and spicy

ketchup. In addition, VIP and Kojel will have U P ready to eat soup in a bowl items.

The OU position remains that regular tea bags, which are not flavored or decaffeinated, are acceptable for Pesach without special supervision. In addition we have clarified once again this year that all Lipton decaffein-ated tea bags are acceptable without special supervision. This is not true of other decaf-feinated tea bags. Shoprite also has specially marked U P plain tea bags on the market. In addition Swee-Touch-Nee and Wissotsky will continue to have Pesach herbal teas. Nestea instant unflavored tea powder and instant unflavored decaffeinated tea powder

are acceptable for Pesach without special supervision. Some coffee companies add maltodextrin, which is either chametz or kitniyos, to instant coffee. As a result this coffee is not kosher for Passover. Only coffee bearing an U P symbol or brands listed in the gray area of the OU Passover Directory should be used. Both Folger’s and Taster’s Choice instant coffee remain acceptable without special Passover certi-fication. Other brands should be checked in the Directory. Ground coffee remains acceptable from any source as long as it is unflavored and not decaffeinated.

Pro Pak will be producing a line of U P parchment paper and Plasti Made food storage bags.

wHAT’s Newcontinued from page 25

aNNouNCiNg ou kosher appWith the encouragement of Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO OU Kosher and Rabbi Moshe Elefant, COO OU Kosher, the OU is proud to announce the launch of our OU KOSHER APP Available free for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android.

Search for the Kosher status of all OU prod-ucts year-round, including special Kosher for Passover status.

To download this app, simply select “OU Kosher” from the iTunes App Store or, use the direct link from the OU website at www.ou.org/apps.

In addition to the ability to search for more than 600,000 products – manufac-tured in nearly 8,000 plants, in more than 90 countries around the world – this App provides up-to-date kosher alerts, new product updates, and easy access to the OU Kosher’s consumer information hotline and e-mail services.

We extend our gratitude for their dedica-tion and efforts towards the development of this app to Mr. Gary Magder, OU’s Digital Media Director and his team; Mr. Shlomo Dobkin, Mr. Joe Neuman, and Mr. Nadav Hartzshtark, to Dr. Sam Davidovics OU’s Senior Information Officer and his team, most notably Ms. Sara Karasik, as well as to those from OUKosher: Rabbi Moshe Zywica, Executive Rabbinic Coordinator and Rabbi Eli Eleff, Rabbinic Coordinator-Kosher Consumer Relations.

reCeNtly QuotedThe Daf HaKashrus was recently quoted in Ami Magazine January 18/12 issue The Milk Mahlokes P.59 by Rabbi Yair Hoffman which quoted the December ’08 issue of Daf HaKashrus.

The Daf HaKashrus was recently quoted in Journal of Parasitology Manuscript Draft 6E 2994R1 “DNA Barcoding of Parasitic nema-todes: Is it Kosher?” by Mark E. Siddall of American Museum of Natural History in NY on P. 6 which quoted Daf HaKashrus 2011 and was referred to by the NY Times Diner’s Journal February 13/12 in an article entitled DNA Results are in: Canned Sardines are Kosher by Glenn Collins.

The How to Kasher DVD, one of the OU’s How To collection and the “Ask OU” Seminars were mentioned in the January 2012 issue of Kashrus Magazine P. 30 in an interview with OU RFR Rabbi Mosher Perlmutter entitled The Making of a Mashgiach.

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to our devoted RC RABBi DAniEl nOSEnCHUK AnD HiS wiFE on the birth and Bris of their son Asher Yosef.

to our dedicated RFR in Passaic, NJ RABBi ZORACH SPiRA AnD HiS wiFE on the birth and Bris of their son Mordechai.

a double mazal tov to our devoted RFR in Pittsburgh, PA RABBi SHiMOn wEiSS AnD HiS wiFE on the engagement on their son Shmully to Sarah Sirota of Morristown, NJ and on the engage-ment of their daughter Mushka to Danny Weiss of Los Angeles, CA.

to our dedicated administrative assistant RiKi GOREliCK on her engagement to Yaakov Rosten of London, England.

to our dedicated RC RABBi AKivA TEnDlER AnD HiS wiFE on the birth and bris of their son Yosef.

to our devoted RC RABBi AKivA TEnDlER AnD

FAMilY on the loss of his father Rabbi Yosef Tendler Z’l who for over 45 years was the esteemed Menahel of the Mechina of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, MD.

to our dedicated flavor analyst Esther Mavashev on the recent loss of her father Israel ben Yosef Chaim.

ohkaurhu iuhm hkct rta lu,c of,t ojbh ouenv

Dear Rabbi Grossman,

I currently receive the Daf HaKashrus (to which I subscribed when I was part of your wonderful ASKOU8 program a few years ago) via mail. If I could begin receiving it via e-mail instead, I would appreciate it.

In addition, in regards to your recent article in the Daf HaKashrus on the origin of the 3 hour wait, I have been saving it until now when I am learning siman 89. After going through it, I am truly amazed. Yasher Koach.

Sincerely, Yaakov Dovid Kibel, Lakewood, NJ

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eleCtroNiC iNspeCtioN report (eir) eNhaNCemeNtsWe recently unveiled modifications to the EIR (Electronic Inspection Report) and would like to thank Rabbi Genack (CEO of OU Kosher) and Rabbi Elefant (COO of OU Kosher) for their support in devel-oping this project, Rabbi Zywica (Executive Rabbinic Coordinator) for managing the project, Dr. Sam Davidovics (Senior Information Officer) and his dedicated team for developing this project.

The new enhancements made to the program are:

1. The creation of an offline inspection form allowing users to fill out a report at times when internet access is unavailable and upload them when access is available.

2. The ability for either the RC or RFR to re-open a closed EIR

3. The option to forward a copy of the EIR to a plant contact

4. The addition of a confidential comments box. Any comments entered into this field will only be available for OU office use.

If you have any questions or would like a copy of the manual for this program please contact [email protected] or 212-613-8322.

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TiERRA FRESCO QUEEn OlivES (from Spain) produced by Small World Foods – Shelton, CT bear an unauthorized U . This product was sold in a ‘closeout’ store in the Midwest. Corrective measures are being implemented.

THE ORiGinAl/l’ ORiGinAl BRiDGE MixTURE – Size 105g only produced by

Hershey Canada – Mississauga, Ontario bears a mislabeled U D symbol and is not certified as U kosher. This product is only avail-able in Canada. Corrective measures have been implemented.

Some 10 oz bags of PinK SnACKS BBQ POTATO CHiPS produced by Pink Snacks & Beverage Company – Collegeville, PA were labeled with a plain U rather than an U D . It contains lactose (a dairy ingredient) but the “D” was inadvertently left off. Corrective action has been implemented.

DOlE FRUiT SAlAD wiTH ExTRA CHERRiES Salade De Fruit Avec Plus de Cerises distributed in Canada produced by Dole Foods of Canada – Markham, ON contains Carmine as indicated in the ingredient panel. The Orthodox Union does not certify prod-ucts that contain Carmine, and the Half Moon “K” symbol which is under U certification is unauthorized. Corrective measures have been taken.

Some 2 oz. packages of DiRTY SOUR CREAM AnD OniOn POTATO CHiPS produced by Dirty Potato Chips – Gramercy, LA were mistakenly labeled with a plain U , without the D-Dairy des-ignation.This product contains dairy and should have been labeled U D . Corrective measures are being implemented.

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