Reply To: This Beer Predicament

ZD, I get what your saying, but I think this is a classic exception. If a kashrus agency accidentally hechshered something treif (I heard a rumor this happened with Lucky Charms once) then you could say it’s not your fault for eating it.

With things like Chometz shel issur, and Chadash/Yoshon (if applicable) where something’s kosher status can be kind of relative, it’s certainly the consumer’s responsibility as difficult as that may be. Now, if you’re talking about the beer in previous years when we didn’t know about this, maybe it is kind of like the Lucky Charms. But, this year, now that we know the problem, it’s for sure our responsibility.