*CHODOSH BULLETIN-12 Nov 07*
*From the Guide to Chodosh-Y. Herman*
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*THE FOLLOWING AS OF 12 NOV 07*
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*REVISED URGENT WARNING: GEFEN BARLEY*
The Gefen Company asked that an urgent bulletin be issued. Due to a
production error, two batches of Gefen barley are NOT YOSHON. These have
the codes of 10-22-09 and 10-29-09. All other batches of barley continue
to be Yoshon under hashgocho, both those produced before these batches
and those to be produced in the future. We thank the company for this
alert that was issued as soon as the problem was discovered. _This batch
of Chodosh barley will first be sent to the stores during the week of
Nov 11.
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The next issue of the Guide is due BE"H in about 2 weeks.
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*Superior Caterers*, 54 Ave O, Brooklyn is Yoshon under the hasghocho of
Rabbi Yechiel Babad only for catering done in halls. The hashgocho does
not cover catering done in Yeshivas and other institutions.
*Dependable Foods *update: All consumer high gluten flour in brown bags
of size 5, 6 and 7 pounds are Yoshon. The following are commercial size
items. The following lot number are Yoshon: Dough 7221 and 7228. All
pasta are Yoshon. Noodles: fine up to and including lot #292, medium and
wide up to and including #266. Egg barley #2687 and 1647. Pearled barley
up to and including #108/081. High gluten bakery flour All Trumps up to
and including 8/15/07. Dependable High flour up to and including #AL248
or marked Yoshon. Fantastic up to and including #AL248 or marked Yoshon.
Patent flour: Dependable Bakers up to and including #AL248 or marked
Yoshon. Full Strength up to and including 8/15/07.Superlative up to and
including 8/15/07. Whole wheat fine and coarse up to and including
10/6/07 or marked Yoshon.
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*THE FOLLOWING AS OF 8 NOV 07*
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*IMPORTANT CORRECTION REGARDING SOY, TERRIAKI AND TAMARI SAUCES*
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_Summary_: The Guide stated that soy, terriaki and tamari sauces that
have wheat in the ingredients may be Chodosh starting with the packing
date of Aug 9. In fact, these are _surely Yoshon at least up to the
packing date of Jan 9 (5 months after Aug 9, the Chodosh date for
wheat)_ and may be free of Chodosh problems completely.
_Details_: After being alerted by some mashgichim, we discussed the
method of production of these sauces with expert chemists who actually
produce them. Here is what we learned:
* All these sauces that contain wheat are fermented over a period of
time that is _5 months or longer_. All sauces that are produced in
a shorter time do not contain any wheat.
* The flour when used is from spring wheat that may be Chodosh.
* In the production of the fermented soy sauce, wheat flour and some
spores are added at the same time to start the fermentation. The
spores produce the fermentation, the wheat flour is added only to
allow the spores to be more evenly distibuted in the liquid and to
do a better job. The wheat flour, which at the start is about 7%
of the starting volume, is almost completely consumed during the
fermentation.
* Terriaki sauce is produced the same way, except they start with
only about 3.5% wheat.
* Tamari sauce uses much less wheat.
From a halachic point of view, this production method seems identical
to the question we raised many years ago regarding plain white household
vinegar. The vinegar is produced from non-Chodosh alcohol. There, some
barley malt plus other chemicals are used in combination to cause the
alcohol to ferment into vinegar. In the process, the malt is virtually
eliminated (much less than 1/60.). There we consulted several poskim who
all ruled that the barley malt is botul. Based on that we believe that
in the case of these sauces, as well, the wheat flour may be botul.
Please consult your own posek regarding the question of bitul. However,
since it takes at least 5 months to complete the fermentation of these
sauces, there can not be any Chodosh problem before Jan 9, 08 in any case.
We would like to express our appreciation to Rabbi Mordechai Kuber and
Rabbi Mordechai Tarkieltaub who brought this matter to our attention.
CLARIFICATION OF KCL HASHGOCHOS IN LAKEWOOD
*? Heimishe Bakery* in Lakewood. All breads, rolls and challehs are
Yoshon under the hashgocho of the KCL except 6-grain bread.
*? J2 Pizza**, *1700 Madison Ave, Lakewood. Calzones, cheese pretzels
are Yoshon, under the hashgocho of the KCL.
*? Pizza Plus*, 241 4^th St., Lakewood. The following are Yoshon under
the hashgocho of the KCL.: pizza, calzones, garlick nosh, knishes.
*OTHER ITEMS*
*? Bagel Munch*, 200 Main Ave, Passaic. Yoshon under the hashgocho of
the Vaad of Passaic.
*/? /**Ben Yehuda Pizzeria**, *pizza, calzones and panninis are Yoshon
under the hashgocho of the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washington.
Sandwiches and rolls are NOT Yoshon.
*? Siennas Café*, 11417 Woodglen Drive, Rockville, MD. Pizza, calzones
and foccacia are Yoshon under the hashgocho of the Rabbinical Council of
Greater Washington. Rolls, subs, and sandwiches are NOT Yoshon.
*? **Twizzlers, Twirpz* and other licorice made by Hershey or the Y. S.
brand are from winter wheat and are Yoshon.
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*THE FOLLOWING AS OF 5 Nov 07*
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*WARNINGS:*
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Matzo meal has always been assumed to be Yoshon. We believe that this is
still true for _real_ matzo meal. However, at least one brand of fake
matzo meal is being sold under the brand name of Kerry. This product,
which is under the kashrus hashgocho of the Kof-K, is really made from
bread crumbs which may be Chodosh. We do not know at this time if there
are other such fake matzo meals on the market. Neither do we have
information yet on which products may use the Kerry matzo meal. We
will publish any new information that we uncover via the usual email
updates and Hot Line News recordings.
*PRODUCT AND ESTABLISHMENT CHANGES*
*/? /**Café Eilat* 12519 Burbank Blvd. Yoshon under the hashgocho of the
Kehilla Kosher of Los Angeles.
*? Empire Bagel Shoppe, * 2234 Warrensville Center Rd., University
Heights, OH, 216-382-5138. Yoshon under the hashgocho of Cleveland Kosher.
*/? /**Greenspun Bagels* made in Baltimore, Yoshon under the hashgocho
of the Vaad Hakashrus of Baltimore (Star-K).
*/?/ Grill Point*, 69-54 Main St, Flushing, NY Yoshon under the
hashgocho of the Vaad Harabonim of Queens.
*/? /** Love Bakery*, 17519 Burbank Blvd. Yoshon under the hashgocho of
the Kehilla Kosher of Los Angeles.
*/? /** Rosendorffs *bakery products made in Baltimore, Yoshon under
the hashgocho of the Vaad Hakashrus of Baltimore (Star-K).
/?/* 15^th Ave Food Corp**, also sold under the names Sterns**, Kohen**,
and New York Ko**sher *All items are even without a Yoshon label. The
following are NOT Yoshon: the six grain breads, the bran muffins and the
oatmeal cookies. There are retail bakeries in Brooklyn under the Korn
name. These bakeries are not certified as being Yoshon.
*?** Adirim* pasta. The farfel only is Yoshon under the hashgocho of
Rabbi Sholomo Gissinger. We have no information regarding other pasta
from Adirim.
*/?/ Beigels Bakery*, 189-09 Union Tpk, Fresh Meadows. Queens. All
cakes, danishes and challehs baked on premises are Yoshon. However
Tibeca rolls are not Yoshon on Tuesday and Thursday. Under the hashgocho
of the Vaad Harabbanim of Queens. (Note: This is different than the
wholesale Beigels Bakery listed in the wholesale section above.)
*/?/ Benjys Pizza*, 78-72 Main St. Flushing, NY pizza only is Yoshon,
under the hashgocho of the Vaad Harabbanim of Queens.
*?** Chai Pizza*, 94 Rt. 59, Monsey. Yoshon except fried potatoes and
possibly other fried items. Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Chaim Yaakov
Horowitz.
*/?/** Chuster and Landau pasta* products produced by the Chuster Co.
which have a Yoshon label are Yoshon under the hashgocho of Rabbi
Abraham Z. Glick. However, soup mandlen are NOT Yoshon.
*?** Dagim** *frozen products are Yoshon, if there is an O-U plus a
Yoshon label on the package.
*? Eden Cafe* at Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynbrook Ave. 410-356-0010. The
following products are Yoshon: pizza and pita. Must inquire as to the
Yoshon status of all other items.(Star-K)
*? Eden Cafe* at Park Heights JCC, 5700 Park Heights Ave., 410-542-5185.
The following products are Yoshon: pizza and pita. Must inquire as to
the Yoshon status of all other items. .(Star-K)
*/? /**Eilat Bakeries*, at 350 N. Faifax Ave, 9233 W. Pico Blvd, and
12109 Santa Monica Blvd of Los Angeles are all Yoshon except muffins and
pasta, under the hashgocho of the Kehilla Kosher of Los Angeles.
*/? /**Essex on Coney**, *1359 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn,
718-253-1002, The American side is Yoshon, including the noodles and
pasta, but _excluding the egg rolls, hamburger and frankfurter buns,
baguettes, fries, square knishes. _Also excluded are anything that is
fried *or breaded*.
*? **European Homemade Kosher, *Rt. 59, Monsey. All items kosher except
items with egg rolls. Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Horowitz.
*/? /Hoffman & Co. *catering, made in Baltimore, Yoshon available on
request under the hashgocho of the Vaad Hakashrus of Baltimore (Star-K).
*/? /Jerusalem Pizza, * 17942 Ventura Blvd. Pizza only Yoshon under the
hashgocho of Kehilla Kosher of LA.
*? KEMACH UPDATES*: COOKIES AND CRACKERS: Bread sticks, sesame, whole
wheat and garlic, both consumer size and the 5 pound food service size
are Yoshon all season, including the malt. _Kemach spelt matzos_ from
Israel are Yoshon. All cookies except those with oatmeal are from winter
wheat. Oatmeal cookies may be Chodosh starting with the packing date of
Jul 26, code 7207 (7=year, 207=day of the year.) Also from winter wheat
are Kem Kem crackers, whole wheat & Bran crackers, Snackers, Grahams and
sandwich cookies. This includes crackers made from whole wheat and
graham. _Malt _may be Chodosh starting Dec 15 (code 7 349, where 7=year,
349=day of the year). Flat bread (including whole wheat) may be Chodosh
starting with the code of Jan 1, 2009 (13 months after packing.), Kemach
_Egg noodles,_ _noodle cuts, bowties and farfel_, in small grocery size
packages are Yoshon up to January 1 even without the label, although
there should be a Yoshon label in any case. _After January 1_ it should
be considered Yoshon _only when marked Yoshon_. Code for other pasta:
for 1 pound grocery size packages, not the large bulk packages, for
_spaghetti_ and _elbow macaroni_ 10/31/08 (1 year after packing). For
_lasagna_ the code is 10/31/09 (2 years after packing). For the _10
pound bulk packages_ where the code ends with the letter Z, the Chodosh
date is Oct 31, code 3047 31 Z 304=day of the year, 7=year, 31=not
important, Z=factory. Large 20 pound packages of pasta have a Chodosh
date of Sept 4 07, code 09/04/09 (2 years after packing. Chow Mein
noodles have a Chodosh date of Aug 11, code 1007H (10=date, 07=year,
H=month in alph. order). _All cereals that contain malt_ may have
Chodosh malt starting with the code Dec 15 2008 (1 year after packing).
Whole Wheat Flakes (like Total), Raisin Bran and Bran Flakes are from
winter wheat. Also the wheat products in Cocoa Munchies is also from
winter wheat. Sugar Puffed Wheat has the Chodosh code Oct 1 08 (1 year
after packing). Toasted oats, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Fruit Whirls,
Honey Crunch (like Honeycombs), Corn Crisps (like Kix), Bunch O Krunch,
all have a Chodosh date of Sept 1 08. All soups with noodles Chodosh
code is 2289 (228=day of year, 9=year+2). Soups with barley but no
noodles or pasta have the Chodosh code of 2219. Vegetable soup Chodosh
code is 1579.
*/? /Kosherific* fish sticks have a Chodosh code of 6 Tishrei 5768.
Onion rings have a Chodosh code of V7050202 (7=year, 05=month, 02=date,
02 not important). Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Weissmandl.
*/? /Kosher Pizza Station,* 8965 W. Pico Blvd. Everything is Yoshon
except whole wheat pita. Under the hashgocho of Kehilla Kosher of Los
Angeles.
*/? /Kupels Bake and Bagel*, 421 Harvard St, Brookline. Only bread
products are Yoshon, not pasties. Under the hashgocho of the Vaad
Harabonim of Massachusetts
*/? /**Liebers *All* *cookies and crackers, regular, whole wheat or
graham, _without oatmeal_, as well as pretzels, are Yoshon. *Liebers*
cereals without oats are all Yoshon. At this time malt in the cereals is
also Yoshon (last production was made some time ago.) Liebers may
discontinue selling of cereals in the near future. Under the hashgocho
of Rav Weissmandl. */? /**Liebers* soup mixes and soups in cups can not
be recommended as Yoshon pending further clarification from the
mashgiach, Rav Weissmandl.
/?/* Milk & Honey Bistro**,* 1777 Reisterstown Road, (410) 486-4344.
Only the following items are yoshon: pizza, pasta, soups, cheese
blintzes, french toast, and pancakes. Other items are available as
yoshon upon request. Yoshon under the hashgocho of the Vaad Hakashrus of
Baltimore (Star-K).
*/?/ Nannas Pizza*, pizza only is Yoshon, under the hashgocho of the
Vaad Harabbanim of Queens.
*? **Old** City** Café *Macaroni and cheese has the Chodosh code 2277
(227=day of the year, 7=year). Under the of Rav-Weissmandl, and the OU.
*?** Pitaland*, Rt 59 at College Road, Monsey. Yoshon except fried
potatoes and possibly other fried items. Under the hashgocho of Rabbi
Chaim Yaakov Horowitz.
*/? /Samuel Adams* beer Chodosh code is March 1 08 under the hashgocho
of the Vaad Hakashrus of Baltimore (Star-K).
*?** Sea Diamond** *frozen products are Yoshon, if there is an O-U plus
a Yoshon label on the package.
*/? /Seven Mile Market* challehs made in Baltimore, Yoshon under the
hashgocho of the Vaad Hakashrus of Baltimore (Star-K).
*/? /Shindler fish* products Yoshon under the hashgocho of the Vaad
Hakashrus of Baltimore (Star-K) only if there is Yoshon label on the
package.
*? Smackin Good *frozen pancakes are have a Chodosh code of 07160
(07=year, 160=day of the year). All other Smackin Good products are
Yoshon. Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Weissmandl.
*/? /Taam Eden Bakery, *New Square. Everything Yoshon except whole wheat
or 6 grain bread. Under the hashgocho of the Bais Din of New Square.
*? **Unger *frozen pie crust and tart shells have a Chodosh code of
07228J (07=year, 228=day of the year.) */? /**Unger *bread crumbs are
Yoshon under the hashgocho of New Square Rabbinical Kashrus Council
Under the hashgocho of New Square Rabbinical Kashrus Council.
*?** VegiCheff *frozen products are Yoshon , if there is an O-U plus a
Yoshon label on the package.
*?** Zomicks Bakery**, *444 Central Ave, Cederhurst. Any bread, even
unwrapped and without a Yoshon label sold in the Zomicks Bakery or can
be definitely traced as being produced by Zomickss is Yoshon under the
hashgocho of OK Labs.
*? Apollo Filo dough* by Athens Foods Chodosh code 2217 (221=day of
year, 7=year.)
*? Beechnut baby cereals*. Oats cereal in boxes new Chodosh code Oct 26
08 (15 months after packing.)
Oats cereal in jars, new Chodosh code Jul 26 09 (2 years after packing.)
Barley cereal in boxes new Chodosh code Aug 9 09 (2 years after packing.)
*? General Mills* Coco Puffs and Cheerios Oats Cluster Crunch cereals
the package date is 372 days after packing. The General Mills cereal
table has a typographical error. The oats code for the middle row
starting Reeses Puffs should have been Jul 1 08 NOT Jul 1 07.
*? Goya barley* new Chodosh code 080910 (3 years after packing.)
*? Maltex cereal* new Chodosh code Aug 9 08 (1 year after packing.)
*? Maypo cereal*, new Chodosh code Jul 26 08 ( 1 year after packing.)
*? Pillsbury flour* codes: All purpose and bread flours code Feb 9 09
(18 months after packing.) Whole wheat and self rising flour code Aug 9
08 (1 year after packing.) Pillsbury all purpose flour is now only made
in Buffalo, NY and not Kansas. Therefore that above codes are always
relevant.
/? /*Quaker* oats cereals made in Canada and sold in the USA have a
revised Chodosh packing date of Ocr 4. The table in the Guide should be
changed to reflect this: 180 days=Apr 1 08, 270 days=Jun 30 08, 300
days= Jul 30 08, 360 days=Sept 28 08, 540 days=March 27 09.
? *Unger* cereals with oats the code is Jul 26 08 (1 year after
packing).. For wheat or barley but no oats, code is Aug 9 08. If the
corn flakes list wheat starch, then the code is Aug 9 08. If the cereal
also has a Malt-O-Meal label, use the above date or the one given for
Malt-O-Meal, whichever is earlier.
*? Wheatena cereal* new Chodosh code Feb 9 09 (18 months after packing.)
*/?/** Bodek* croutons are Chodosh according to the company.
*ESTABLISHMENTS NOT CONFIRMED YET FOR BEING UNDER HASHGOCHO FOR YOSHON*
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The first issue of the Guide was published early in the season, before
there was the opportunity to verify the Yoshon status of many
establishments and products. Those establishments that were not yet
verified were marked by an *. We had made an effort to established the
Yoshon hashgocho status of all of these establishments. Unless noted
below, all of these marked by an * were confirmed to be Yoshon. Those
which are not yet confirmed are listed here. After this are listed new
establishments that are Yoshon.
The following are *_not recommended yet at this time as Yoshon due to
lack of confirmation of hashgocho:_*
IN BROOKLYN: M&M Bakery, 2610 Ave U. Presser Bakery 1720 Ave. M. Chadash
Pizza, 1919 Ave. M. Dagan Pizza 6187 Strickland Ave.
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