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27 Tevet 5770
January 13, 2010
Hadad Produce – 60 Eitz Chaim Street (Closed Street)
The store displays a Jerusalem Rabbinate kashrut certificate but the date is covered up with a sticker. It expired about 6 months ago according to the Chief Rabbinate Fraud Division. (When walking from Jaffe Street to Agrippas, near to Agrippas, next to Tzidkiyahu).
I continue to urge subscribers to take the time to ‘validate’ a kashrut certificate, which may be accomplished by verifying four components.
1. Name of store matches the name appearing on the certificate
2. Address of store on certificate is indeed the location.
3. It must be an original, not a photocopy.
4. It may not be expired, even one day.
This holds true in the shuk, supermarket, restaurants and any store or eatery in any city.
Shoppers in the shuk [and elsewhere] must remain vigilant since the realities of kashrus are dynamic, rarely remaining the same for extended periods of time.
NOTE: In Machane Yehuda, often one cannot verify an address since many stores do not exhibit address and many streets and alleys do not display signs.
The name of a store and location (Machane Yehuda) however can be determined on every store/booth, and one must also be able to determine that the certificate is not expired.
A sticker covering the expiration date is reason enough to walk away and make your purchase elsewhere.
I would also like to remind you that kashrut certificates, from any agency generally only covers trumot, ma’asrot (tithes) and Orla. Even mehadrin certification does not cover you regarding fears of insect infestation where applicable.