CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 5 OCT 01 Noodles and pasta for which dating codes are not known are probably Yoshon if purchased up to Nov 15.
Noodles and pasta under the following brand names have a Chodosh packing date of Nov. 12. The code for each is 1316 (1=year, 316=day of the year.) The brands are Prince, Creamette, Goia, Ronzoni, San Giorgio, P&R, Light N' Fluffy, Ideal, American Beauty, Skinner. Noodles and pasta under the following brand names have a Chodosh packing date of Nov. 1. The code for each is 110103xx (11=November, 01=date, 03=year+2, xx=numbers that are not important.) The brands are Ronco, Pennsylvania Dutch, R&F, Luxury, Globe A1, Anthony, Mrs. Gross. Pathmark noodles and pasta has a Chodosh packing date of Nov 1, code Nov 1, 2003 (2 years after packing.) Pillsbury white home baking flour and bread flour in 5 pound bags for home baking from factory A contain 50% spring wheat. The Chodosh packing date is Sept 18, code I1A18 (I=Sept in alph. Order, 1=year, A=factory, 18=date.) _________________________________ The Guide listed several bakeries and other establishments as being Not Recommended due to lack of information. This was due to the fact that information about their Yoshon arrangements was not received at the time of the printing of the Guide. The following establishments have now provided information about their Yoshon arrangements. They will be listed in the next issues of the Guide in the section of establishments where the kashrus supervision does not take responsibility for Yoshon. Kaff Bakery 4518 Ft. Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn (718) 851. All items made in the bakery are Yoshon as in the past years. The kashrus supervision of this store does not take responsibility for Yoshon. King David Bakery, 77-51 Vleigh Place, Flushing, Queens, NY (718)969-6165. All items in the store are Yoshon. So far as we know, the kashrus supervision of this store does not extend to Yoshon. Ostrowizky's Heimishe Bakery, 1201 Ave J, Brooklyn, was listed in the Guide as Not. As in the past years, all items baked on premises are Yoshon. The kashrus supervision of this store does not take responsibility for Yoshon. Queens Kosher Pita, 68-38 Main St. Flushing, Queens, NY (718) 263-8000. All items made in the store are Yoshon, including pita, chaleh, cakes and other items. The kashrus supervision of this store does not take responsibility for Yoshon. ____________________________ Bread Basket Bakery is listed on page 38 of the Guide as been Not Recommended for lack of information. In fact this is an error. The correct listing is on page 30 of the Guide as BBB Bakery, Yoshon under the hashgocho of Rabbi Gornish. ____________________________________ CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 30 SEPT 01 The Guide to Chodosh was mailed out to paid subscribers on Monday, Sept 24. The following are corrections and additions to the Guide. The following is reprinted from Yoshon Update #1 of the Kashrus Council of Canada (COR of Toronto): Robin Hood Multifoods: Old Mills Oats, Robin Hood, first 3 digits must be 252 or lower for Yoshon. Robin Hood Organic Oats-Imprinted code must be 1252 or lower. Robin Hood/Monarch retail flour (excluding cake, pastry and organic). If the last character of the code is S then the first 3 digits of the code must be 232 or lower. If the last character is M, it is still Yoshon. Robin Hood/Monarch retail cake and pastry flour, the first 3 digits of the code must be 246 or lower. Robin Hood/Monarch retail organic flour, the code must be 1232 or lower. Quaker Oats oats manufactured in Canada are Yoshon at least to be beginning of October. Five Roses flour is still Yoshon. Presidents Choice (COR 123) products are still Yoshon. Will change soon. _____________________________ UPDATED INFORMATION RECEIVED: Michyo Pita was listed in the Guide as Not Recommended for lack of information. The information has now been received that all regular and whole wheat pita is Yoshon as in the past years. No hashgocho for Yoshon. Flour USA packs high gluten flour in 5 and 6 pound brown bags that are sold in grocery stores in the New York City area. All bags that state Yoshon on the bag are Yoshon without hashgocho for Yoshon. ___________________________________ CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 16 SEPT 01 A repeat of the news printed below: Freshly baked bakery products may be Chodosh at this time, everywhere in the USA. From this time on, it is advised that only Yoshon bakeries should be used. The Guide the Chodosh went to the printer today. It is expected back, on Tzom Gedalya, Thursday, evening. It will be available for purchase that evening outside my home, 20 Sylvan Road, Monsey. It should be mailed to the other dealers and the individual paid subscribers within a few days. Meanwhile some of you with E mail service are able to request (free of charge) an unformatted, text file version of the full Guide by sending a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On the first line of the message type: get Guide.txt (This only works if you copy the message exactly, including capitalization.) The file is large, 182 KBytes. It will be sent to you by return E mail. However, some E mail systems, such as Juno may not allow you to receive such large files. In a few days, I will try to subdivide the file to four smaller ones so that these restricted systems should also be able to received this version of the Guide in installments. _______________________________________________ CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 9 Sept 01 The following is a summary of the information as known at this time. Please remember that all dates given here are early estimates and are subject to change. The Guide to Chodosh is now estimated to be available in printed or E mail form, approximately right after Rosh Hashanah. We can not print it earlier due to the fact that the dates that are known so far are not firm enough. However, be warned that some foods may be Chodosh already, as noted below. Fresh baked bread and other bakery products in the Mid West, including Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Minneapolis, are probably Chodosh starting Aug 27. For the East and West coasts, the probable Chodosh date for freshly baked products is Sept 13. For packaged products using spring wheat, the probable Chodosh packing date is Aug 26. The probable Chodosh purchase date is Sept 17. The same estimate also holds for noodles and other pasta. THIS MEANS THAT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK FRESHLY-BAKED BAKERY PRODUCTS SUCH AS BREADS AND CHALEHS SHOULD NOT BE USED ANYWHERE IN THE USA UNLESS YOU CHECK TO MAKE SURE IT IS YOSHON. For oats cereals by brand name the Chodosh packing dates are: Arrowhead Sept 5, ConAgra Oct 1, Ralston Oct 15, General Mills Oct 1, Maypo Sept 25, Quaker and HO Aug 21. For other brands, the oats are probably Chodosh if packed after Sept. 21. For each of the above, the probable Chodosh purchase dates are about 2 weeks later than the packing dates. For barley by brand name the Chodosh packing dates are: Quaker Oct 15, Goya Oct 1, Trinidad, Benco, Peak, Jack Rabbit are all Aug 20. Arrowhead Aug 1. The probable packing date for other barley is Sept 15. For each of the above, the probable Chodosh purchase dates are about 2 weeks later than the packing dates. Some of the home baking flours that are Yoshon at all times: Kemach and Haddar under hashgocho for Yoshon, Ceresota, Heckers and Pathmark white flours. Natural Ovens Bakery breads are NOT Yoshon at this time. 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