Gavra: I thought this thread was about NOT accepting tzeddakah but living within ones means, unlike the thread this is a spin-off of. As such, it would be advisable to only give advice that readers are likely to implement, not simply “stir the pot” by jumping on their religious stringencies first.
Aside from the fact that one probably needs to be matir neder before changing a minhag, assuming for arguments sake that all these kashrus issues are just minhagim.