Haagen Daze declared TRAIF in Israel

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  • #601582
    zahavasdad
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    the rabbanut has declared Haagen Daze TRAIF in Israel and threated any store who sold it with losing their Kashruth certificate.

    The reason is because its not Chalov Yisroel.

    Its one thing if you want to keep Chalov Yisroel, but this is forcing Chalov Yisroel on those who dont keep it.

    Haagen Daze still has the O-U

    #842691
    mamashtakah
    Member

    Where are you getting this information? Please be specific, as I would like to see it myself. Thanks.

    #842692
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    Look, there is a machlokes about relying on govt standards to avoid the issur of cholov yisroel. I happen to rely on poskim who are mattir it, as do you. But I can certainly understand those who don’t permit it.

    Every hashgacha needs to determine whether they are relying on it. In a country like Israel which has a centralized state religion, and official religious officials, they will naturally have to choose some standard.

    I don’t see how you can complain that they didn’t choose your standard. I do see how you can complain about having an official religion.

    #842693
    mamashtakah
    Member

    I found it myself. If anyone needs the announcement:

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    #842694
    Nechomah
    Participant

    I don’t think that this is accurate because MANY OU-D products are sold here in EY, so this cannot possibly be the reason for declaring the product TREIF. Has anyone else heard of issues with H-D?

    #842695
    WIY
    Member

    You may want to post links to a source before you start such a thread.

    #842696
    Feif Un
    Participant

    R’ Moshe’s teshuvah was written for the USA, based on US laws. I honestly don’t know how it would apply in Israel. I do know that there are plenty of countries where you can’t rely on it.

    R’ Tzvi Pesach Frank zt”l had ruled as Chief Rabbi that powdered milk was ok, but not liquid milk. The Rabbinate is simply following the psak from a former Chief Rabbi. If R’ Metzger would officially pasken that it’s not a problem, maybe they’d change their opinion.

    #842697
    BTGuy
    Participant

    Hi Z-dad.

    Sounds like a radical step, but maybe not so, since those of use who eat cholov stam feel the unstated “traif” attitude implied by the cholov yisroelites.

    Regardless, calling OU-D traif is an incorrect declaration. (unless there were issues with HD only that do not apply to other cholov stam foods)

    #842698
    popa_bar_abba
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    the rabbanut has declared Haagen Daze TRAIF in Israel

    Why would you say that? They didn’t say it is treif; they said it is no longer good enough for their hashgacha.

    Why would you want to make this an emotional issue instead of just discussing it?

    #842699
    ItcheSrulik
    Member

    pba: Any citizen of a country has the right to complain about government policy.

    #842700
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    I would have posted the links, but I dont think Its allowed

    It was posted on the Jerusalem post website. You can look there

    or google

    Haagan Daze Kosher and the Jerusalem post article will come up

    #842701
    aries2756
    Participant

    I imagine one could check with the OU in E”Y.

    #842702
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    If you ask a Rov if Haagen Daze is traif, I dont think you will get a yes answer, They will say its not Chalov Yisroel

    Rafi Yochai head of the Kashruth Division of the Rabbanut when asked about people who liked Haagen Daze (I understand its $9 a pint in Israel) said Do you love G-D more than ice cream.

    If it was traif, then maybe he would have a point, but its OU-D

    #842703
    HolyMoe
    Participant

    There is a much, much bigger problem.

    15% of milk-giving cows in the US have stapled stomachs which make the milk they give Chalav Treifa an Issur D-Oraisa.

    Since all milk is mixed together in huge tanks, you can not rely on Kol Dporush. It is safe to assume that unsupervised milk coming from the USA is one-sixth ossur min hatorah (much worse than chalav akum). It is not bottul.

    This would even render powdered milk also prohibited.

    Chalav Yisroel companies are very careful that the farms they supervise do not use cows that have had this procedure.

    So this problem is not only for Israel

    #842704
    apushatayid
    Participant

    ???? ???”?

    What exactly is this? And how is it different than other chalav akum?

    Also, one can still purchase HErsheys, Nestles and other non chalav yisroel items in stores such as supersol, either this is a hoax, or there is something else behind this.

    #842705
    A Heimishe Mom
    Participant

    I don’t get involved in Israeli politics, but unfortunately the “treif” designation based on non-food related issues is more prevalent there than it is here. (Pepsi anyone?) But as far as halacha goes, the chalav stam category applies only in the USA. Israeli products do need to be “colov Yisroel.” If I can extrapolate for the Yoshon issue – American products that are made chodosh can NOT be sold/consumed in Eretz Yisroel where the halachos of Yoshon are unquestionably D’Oraisa (Sam Adams beer sold in E”Y is Yoshon!). Does the same apply for chalav Yisroel? If it does, then Hagan-Daaz should not be sold in E”Y either.

    #842706
    Sam2
    Participant

    A Heimishe mom: That’s not quite accurate (your Yoshon point; and the comparison to Chalav Yisrael doesn’t really work). For Yoshon, it doesn’t matter where you are but where the stuff was grown, unless there is a D’Rabannan that I am unaware of on imported produce. Certainly there’s no D’Oraisa involved, unless you assume that Chodosh in CHU”L is D’Oraisa, in which case the fact that it was brought into E”Y doesn’t matter.

    #842707
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    Papa.. according to the jpost article the head of kashruth at the rabbanut said

    Granted he probably said it in Hebrew and not English, But in ENGLISH he is not saying HIS standards , he is saying KASHRUTH standards. Perhaps someone who can find the exact Hebrew quote and can clarify if he meant HIS standards (ie Chalov yisroel) vs KASHRUTH (ie Chazer)

    #842708
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    pba: Any citizen of a country has the right to complain about government policy.

    Of course. I’m not opposed to his right to complain. I just think it is a stupid complaint.

    #842709
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    Of course. I’m not opposed to his right to complain. I just think it is a stupid complaint.

    You must not like Ice Cream

    #842710
    Nechomah
    Participant

    ZD – He is not saying that it is chalov chazer, just chalov stam from liquid milk is not something that meets the kashrus standards. What is such a problem that the standards here are not the standards in America. If you want to have OU-D products, you can go ahead but you can’t buy them from a store that has kashrus supervision.

    And if you read one of the last lines of the article, it says, “What should a person who loves Haagen-Dasz ice cream do?” He answers, “He should love G-d more than he loves ice cream.” Can’t argue with that, IMO.

    #842711
    apushatayid
    Participant

    Are we talking about Haagen Dazs or Haagen Daze (is this some new company?)

    #842712
    shmoolik 1
    Participant

    The problem us not only ice cream it is the Chief Rabbanut’s desire to be the posek for the Jewish world i.e. the giyur question, weddings officiated by American Orthodox Rabbis,persobnel status of olim etc. importing to Israel OU CHICKENS ETC it is also a question of “economics” there is a lot of money in the hechsher business.

    assume all it had to do is print on the label calav nochri

    and let buyer beware

    #842713
    feivel
    Participant

    mr dad

    it might just be my imagination, but it seems like every one of your posts in every thread you post in, regardless of subject, is an opportunity for you to express your hatred (or something a bit lighter) either directly, or more usually as an implication, of those who are more religious than you.

    unfortunately, as i am no longer a moderator, your posts are becoming more frequent as time goes on.

    #842714

    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    #842715
    apushatayid
    Participant

    I wonder if someone will call the OU and tell them they are certifying a traif product.

    #842716
    Feif Un
    Participant

    HolyMoe, that point was raised in the CR many times already. R’ Belsky paskened that it’s not a problem.

    #842717

    zahavasdad: be accurate. Where does it say that Haagen Daze has been ‘declared traife’?

    “You must not like Ice Cream”

    from the JPost article ‘love G-d more than ice-cream’

    #842718
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    From the Jerusalem Post

    in the ENGLISH, It clearly says its NOT KOSHER, NOT its not to MY STANDARDS

    By JEREMY SHARON

    01/10/2012 22:58

    <em > Stores that continue to sell the ice cream could lose their kashrut license.

    [kashrut] [license]

    Milk produced by non-Jews without Jewish supervision was forbidden by the sages of the Talmud due to a concern that it may be adulterated with milk from a non-kosher animal.

    Although arbiters of Jewish law, in particular Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895- 1986), have permitted the consumption of unsupervised milk if supervised milk is significantly more expensive or unavailable, it is seen as a less ideal, and the kashrut authorities in Israel do not permit kosher certificates to be issued for products using unsupervised milk.

    Others, however, still forbid unsupervised powdered milk.

    But here, we are living in Eretz Hakodesh [the Holy Land]

    #842719
    gavra_at_work
    Participant

    I thought Haagen Daaz was under Belz Hashgacha in EY, at least for some of them.

    #842720
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    zahavasdad:

    I have no idea what you are talking about. The rabbanut’s job is to paken halacha. When they make a decision about standards, it is not “personal standards,” it is the halacha they are paskening.

    Now, I happen to agree with you that the rabbanut should have less official authority. For example, I think the army’s rabbinate should be completely disbanded after their recent politicism of halacha.

    But what on earth is your complaint against them. The OU also makes standards, and says that anything which doesn’t meet their standards is not allowed in their certified establishments. And the OU’s standards are not universal- as yitayningwut can tell you. But they need to choose a standard, and they do.

    in the ENGLISH, It clearly says its NOT KOSHER, NOT its not to MY STANDARDS

    Of course. It is a machlokes in din, and if they pasken it is assur, then they are paskening it is not kosher. If it was a chumrah only, then it would be strange for them to call it non-kosher.

    The rabbanut is not the first people to disagree with the heter for cholov stam. Your real issue is that they have an official function- so we agree.

    #842721
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    Ask a Rov, Is Haagen Daaz Traif and ask a Rov if Bacon is Traif.

    The answer you will get is Haagen Daaz is Kosher, but not to my (or your) standards, but its kosher and someone who eats it is not doing anything wrong. Not real Rov will pasken someone who eats Bacon is doing anything but an aveira.

    Now this very well could be a political issue the Rabbanut vs the O-U (Read Modern Orthodox)

    #842722
    JayMatt19
    Participant

    1. It is Ben and Jerry’s which has some flavors with the belz hechsher

    2. Are you SURE the Haagen Daas sold in Israel is imported from the US and not from some other local, say Holland? It isnt uncommon for companies to have different factories in different parts of the world. The Dr. Pepper imported to Israel often comes form Europe, not the US

    #842723
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    That article misrepresents R’ Moshe’s opinion; it mentions nothing about government standards or inspections.

    #842724
    apushatayid
    Participant

    Has the Rabbanut stopped the sale of Nestles, Hersheys, Toblerone and other non chalav yisrael products in these same stores as well? Why was Haagen Dasz sold up until this point in time? Is this a new standard being taken on by the Rabbanut? Has Haagen Dasz Ice Cream imported into Israel changed its point of origin?

    Lastly, in reading the hebrew notice posted above, the following term is mentioned regarding the ice cream – “???? ???”?”. As opposed to say an Asian or Indian ???”?? What does the term mean?

    #842725
    yitayningwut
    Participant

    apushatayid – rotfl!

    #842726
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    Now this very well could be a political issue the Rabbanut vs the O-U (Read Modern Orthodox)

    The rabbanut is certainly not chareidi.

    #842727
    oomis
    Participant

    zahavasdad, you are correct, but FTR, bacon is not treif. It is Lo tahor. “Treif” refers to a KOSHER animal that is not shechted k’halacha.

    #842728
    apushatayid
    Participant

    So, when do we find out that this story is a hoax?

    #842729
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
    Participant

    “Treif” refers to a KOSHER animal that is not shechted k’halacha.

    I believe you’re thinking of neveilah.

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