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” to prevent cheating when OU mashgichim aren’t around. To me, that says they don’t trust how the OU supervises.”
I dont see where Joseph said that. I searched the thread, you said cheating not him.
If I tell you I require a mashgiach to be yotzeh venichnas for a potato chip run but to be there full time at a butcher. Does that mean don’t trust HIM to just check in on the butcher once in a while.
Different products require different standards.
Different consumers have different standards.
The “heimish hahgacha” trusts the OU to do their inspections. They just feel that there should be more inspections .
As APY put is so well “To summarize. when you rely on a hechsher, you are relying on their standards AND their ability to enforce those standards.”
Heimish hashgachos don’t always accept the OU’s standards (again and there are areas where the OU is MORE machmir) . They do trust them to enforce their standards (I’m sure there may be acceptions but generally speaking they trust and even rely on the OU)