I don’t know whether it’s true or not. As I said, it was simply my guess. I don’t know enough about the OU’s policies and contracts or the economics behind whether or not the threat a mass recall would cause a company to reconsider whether or not to obtain a hechsher at all.
I assume that they *can* recall a product if necessary. If I assumed otherwise, I could not rely on the hechsher. They may have to consider whether the company would have otherwise not obtained a hechsher, but that doesn’t mean I have to eat it.
I’m willing to bet that anyone who is machmir WRT cholov Yisroel AND looks at the ingredients (the first thing *I* would do if I saw something such as this) would know better than eat this.
I, too would look at the ingredients of something labeled “sour cream” before assuming it was pareve. But it’s still the OU’s responsibility to label it OU D.
Actually, one of the reasons I would check the ingredients is because these kinds of mistakes happen all the time.