CHODOSH BULLETIN-24 May 10
From the Guide to Chodosh-Y. Herman
Chodosh telephone Hot Line 718-305-5133, email yher...@yahoo.com
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TIME TO RENEW SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH
The first issue of the Guide to Chodosh for the new season will be
available (BS”D) around the end of August. As usual,
it will be available to be downloaded by email free of charge. I will
send out a message when the new Guide is ready to
be downloaded. However, those who wish to receive the 3 printed issues
of the Guide, mailed to their home via US mail,
should send in their paid subscription request at this time.
The cost of the three issues this year is $18 (overseas $25, Canada
$20). Please mail your check to
Project Chodosh Subscriptions
PO Box 150088
Kew Gardens, NY 11415
Please include your full name, mailing address including apartment
number if applicable, city, state and Zip code. Mention
whether this is a new subscription or a renewal.
All other correspondence should be sent to the Monsey address, listed at
the top of this page.
ESTIMATED CHODOSH STARTING DATES
The following are our early estimates of up to which date it will be
recommended that you can purchase foods without
concern for Chodosh. These are preliminary estimates only. Corrections
and updates to these will be posted when
available, on the News section of the Chodosh Hot Line and by email to
those who subscribe to the email list (see below.)
* Items using oats should be safe to purchase up to around Jul 15
* Foods using wheat, other than noodles and pasta, safe to purchase up
to around Aug 1.
* Noodles and pasta safe to purchase up to Aug 15.
* Barley products, other than items from barley malt, safe to purchase
up to Aug 15
* Barley malt products, including beer should be safe to purchase up to
Dec. 15.
ATTENTION MASHGICHIM AND PRODUCERS OF YOSHON FOODS
We hope to publish the first issue of the Guide to Chodosh earlier than
in the past, in August, before the start of the
Chodosh season. This is to provide the Yoshon consumers with relevant
information as soon as the Chodosh starts to
become a problem, at the end of August. This year we will start a new
policy of not including in the Guide any product
or facility unless the responsible mashgiach or hashgocho organization
has confirmed with us that their Yoshon
hashgocho will be renewed for the coming season. Unless such
confirmation is received by the end of June, the
resulting omission may lead consumers to assume that the product or
facility is no longer Yoshon. (We will not
state that, however the omission may give that impression.) Therefore,
all mashgichim are urged to forward updated lists
of their Yoshon hashgochos to us very soon. Please send these by (1) US
mail to Y. Herman, 20 Sylvan Road, Monsey,
NY 10952, or (2) email to yher...@yahoo.com, or (3) fax to 845-356-5999.
AGRICULTURAL FACTS
In order for the new crop to be Yoshon, it should have taken root in the
ground before the second day of pesach.
According to the reports of the U. S. Dep’t of Agriculture, as of 2 days
before pesach, not one of the crops of interest
were planted. Therefore we expect the large majority of these crops to
be Chodosh, as usual, once the harvest starts, in
July and August.
However, the prospect for the year following the upcoming season
(’11-’12) looks different. Two years ago there was a
perceived shortage of wheat. That caused the price of wheat to
skyrocket. As a result, the amount of wheat planted the
world over has greatly increased. The increased planting plus favorable
growing conditions in many areas of the world
has produced a glut of crop that caused a fall of prices. This is
motivating the farmers to keep the produce off the market
in the hope of better prices in the future. That expected increase in
stored (Yoshon) crop, plus the fact that next year
pesach will be a month later on the solar calendar (due to the leap
year) may result in the unusual situation of having a
majority of Yoshon in the market that entire season. (Note that this
prediction in regarding the ’11-’12 season not the one
starting this year.)
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