Reply To: Oilam Hasheker (A World Of Lies)

“they might be nichshal by accident”

Still, I doubt anyone who’s shomer shabbos, and davens would look into the store and rest easy. You just develope a sense for this sort of thing, and when things are truly not good, you know it.

But I see your point. This is not about beating up the MO; its about calling a weak hechsher what it truly is.

And what oomis said about “glatt”, my rov told me that in the old days, non-glatt was still within the parameter of ok, but today’s minimum standards have been set so low, that when something cannot be pushed into the “glatt” arena, its so far off base, its probably hopeless, becuase if there was a glimmer of hope, it would be declared GLATT, and move on to the next cow in the lineup.

Beef at $6.99 / lbs and 1000s of lbs a day production comes with a certain ammount of *the need to be flexible*.