Reply To: Would you do this?

I’m not saying there is a problem. I know my answer, I just wanted to see what other people say.

The question comes down to whether avoiding certain hechshers is actually a matter of trust of kashrus, or whether it’s a wholesale boycott of the organizations. Eg. Triangle K being too lenient when it comes to meat or wine does not necessarily have any weight on their ability to certify potato chips, but we don’t nit pick (at least most people I know don’t). So, yes, as MDG said, the problems would be: patronizing a non-reliable hechsher, and possibly causing unknowledgeable house-guests to think it is reliable.

My answer is that I would still use the item in question, but I could see why people the answer the other way and I still think it’s a good question.