Gatorade Announces OU Kosher Certified Products
The Gatorade Company, a division of PepsiCo (PEP), is strengthening its category-leading portfolio of sports performance beverages in 2010 by announcing the kosher-certification of Gatorade Thirst Quencher and G2. In partnership with the Orthodox Union (OU), Gatorade completed the kosher-certification process and certified kosher Gatorade Thirst Quencher and G2. Kosher product, which will bear the OU symbol, will begin appearing in stores this spring with a full rollout expected by summer ...
UPDATE STATEMENT FROM OK: The Shufra Baking Cocoa Crisis
[IMPORTANT UPDATE BELOW] (Originally posted Sun night) WN has been flooded with emails in the past few hours regarding some type of "problem" with Shufra Baking Cocoa which is sold in stores as Kosher for Pesach.
YWN attempted to ascertain what the problem is, but were unsuccessful. What YWN can report is a public interview currently on Kol Mevaser.
In the interview, Rabbi Bonyomin Gruber stated multiple times that "he does not know what the problem is", but stressed that his ...
Eretz Yisrael: Hand Shmura Matzah Alert
In a raid that took place on Monday, March 22nd, involving police and Chief Rabbinate Kashrut Enforcement Unit officials, a relatively large quantity of hand shmura matzot were found in a facility in the Be’er Tuvia industrial zone. Some of the matzot were packed and others yet unpacked. The packaging states the matzah are under the supervision of Kiryat Arba Chief Rabbi Dov Lior Shlita, Be’er Tuvia Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Ambrabi Shlita, Badatz Yoreh Deah and Badatz Beit Yosef.
A probe ...
Kashrus of Insect-Free Greens Revoked Over Health Concerns
In a rare but welcome move, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel turned to Rabbi Pinchas Cohen, the Chief Rabbi of Netivot, instructing him to remove his kashrus supervision from the “Yevul HaNegev” insect-free greens due to tests revealing an unacceptably high presence of insecticides.
Acting in his role of the head of the Chief Rabbinate’s unit to inspect the bug-free greens, Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu conducted tests ahead of Pesach to determine the actual status of different ...
Rav Rubin Shlita Addresses his Mashgichim
About a month after Gavaad Bnei Brak HaGaon HaRav Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Shlita delivered his address regarding the kashrus organization, HaGaon HaRav Avraham Rubin Shlita held a kinus in Kibbutz Chafetz Chaim, gathering hundreds of member of his kashrus agency, explaining kashrus realities under Badatz R’ Rubin, which by the way has replaced R’ Landau regarding the Strauss Dairy mehadrin line of products.
Among the hundreds present for the annual kenos were rabbonim from all over ...
Chief Rabbinate Pre-Pesach Alert Regarding Lettuce
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has issued an alert ahead of Pesach, warning consumers that while people are diligent in removing chametz and seeing to other yomtov needs, many are unaware that the so-called insect-free greens may by a far cry from claims made by the growing number of companies.
Testing was conducted before yomtov, under the direction of Tzfas Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Shlita, who stands in charge of this department in the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The testing appears to ...
Eida Chareidis Nabs Jerusalem Pizza Scam
Earlier in the week, Jerusalem Kosher News reported the Eida Chareidis removed its supervision from two Jerusalem pizza shops, Pizza Lahit (44 Yirmiyahu Street) and Pizza Shai (1 Amos Street), both in the Geula area.
Now for the explanation – About a year ago, the Eida learned the stores used the ‘call forwarding’ feature during busy hours, referring phone orders to other stores owned by the same entrepreneur in the capital, but those stores are not under the Eida Chareidit, but the ...
Just Like Sugar – KOSHER ALERT
‘Just Like Sugar’ sweetener, now for sale in Israel (http://www.justlikesugarisrael.com/) leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth.
The company a number of years ago had a hechsher, which has long expired, and now dares to post fraudulent kashrut certificates on its website to dup the Israeli public.
I spoke with the rabbonim at Chatam Sofer Petach Tikvah, who checked into the faxed copy of the certificate I sent them, which they state had expired in 5765, five years ago. They told me ...
Absolute Kosher!!
In an absolutely significant development in the world of kosher certification, the Orthodox Union and Absolut Vodka today jointly announced that six Absolut products have received kosher certification from the OU, the world’s most recognizable kosher symbol, and that the famed OU will be appearing on Absolut products in the coming months.
The OU symbol can be found on more than 400,000 products manufactured in 80 countries around the globe. Absolut is recognized not only for the quality of ...
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