Reply To: Mozzarella cheese doesn't need hashgacha?

Rabbi Aviner is talking about the situation in Eretz Yisrael. In the United States, there are people who use the title Rabbi who are not well-versed in halacha (and in fact, there are “rabbis” who don’t really believe in halacha). So when he says “If the consumer does not know that rabbi, he should check it out,” kal v’chomer in America.