23 Adar II 5771
March 29, 2011

Following the recent JKN posting of an article which clearly pointed out contradictions regarding the chodosh status of certain products available for sale in Israel, the number of requests for clarification continues to grow, prompting this attempt to clear the air if you will.

It should be understood that the information posted by JKN regarding chodosh codes of US products is based on releases from Rabbi Yoseph Herman, considered an expert, one who meticulously monitors and reports the production codes for the benefit of shoppers wishing to use their favorite products, while maintaining an awareness and adherence regarding yoshon/chodosh. (more…)

16 Adar 2 5771
March 22, 2011
JKN makes no attempt to explain the discrepancies regarding chodosh reports from various sources, as explained below. Readers are advised to consult with their rabbonim as how to act.

From Yoseph Herman’s Chodosh Bulletin dated March 21, 2011
LATE BREAKING BULLETIN: CHEERIOS AND OTHER GENERAL MILLS CEREALS: As this issue of the Guide was going to print, we were informed of the following by the OU: All wheat starch used in General Mills cereals becomes Chodosh only after the packing date of Nov 1 ’10. In addition, the oats in regular Cheerios also becomes Chodosh after the packing date of Nov 1. (more…)

20 Adar I 5771
February 24, 2011

HARAV HAGAON ELYASHIV SHLITA RETRACTS P’SAK ON BRAN
On Dec 21 we announced that we had received a p’sak from HaRav Elyashiv that stated that wheat bran and oat bran have no problem of Chodosh, even if they come from Chodosh grain.

It turns out that the p’sak was based on the incorrect assumption that such bran today is basically produced for animal food. When it was explained to HaRav Elyashiv that such bran is very commonly used for human food, he stated that bran coming from Chodosh grain should be treated as Chodosh. (more…)

14 Shevat 5771
January 19, 2011

The following is from Y. Herman’s Chodosh bulletin, the source of most chodosh alerts used by JKN.

“On Dec 21st we announced that we had received a p’sak from HaRav Elyashiv that stated that wheat bran and oat bran have  no problem of Chodosh, even if they come from Chodosh grain. (more…)

26 Tevet 5771
January 2, 2011

The following is from Y. Herman’s Chodosh list – (yherman@earthlink.net)

PSAK HALACHA From HaRav HaGaon Elyashiv Shlita (in response to our question):

Wheat bran and oat bran are not to be considered Chodosh even if they came from grain that is Chodosh, because bran is not a significant part of the grain.

He was not concerned that some particles of wheat or oat flour could be clinging to the bran.

16 Kislev 5771
November 23, 2010

Cheerios products sold in Israel under the General Mills/Nestle label have “Best if used by” date (referred here as the “code”) that is 372 days after packing. Wheat products in the ingredients may be Chodosh starting with at packing date of Aug 9, code Aug 16, 2011.

For those cereals that contain oats but no wheat the oats may be Chodosh staring a packing date of Oct 15, code Oct 22 11. (Note that several Cheerios cereals, and other General Mills cereals such as Reeses Puffs, do not list wheat in the ingredients. However they have a statement after ingredients list that warns that the cereal may contain wheat products. (more…)

2 Kislev 5771
November 9, 2010

The following corrections regarding chodosh dates/codes were received by JKN on Monday, November 08, 2010.

Israel: All Cheerios products sold in Israel under the General Mills/Nestle label have “Best if used by” date (referred here as the “code”) that is 372 days after packing. (more…)

27 Cheshvan 5771
November 4, 2010

The following information provided by Rav Y. Herman in his yoshon guide dated October 24, 2010.

Israel: All Cheerios products sold in Israel under the General Mills/Nestle label have a Chodosh Code  of  Aug 16 11.  (Anything earlier would be yoshon).

Nature Valley Granola bars sold in Israel with Hebrew Lettering and an O-U symbol are Yoshon with codes of 8/21/11 or earlier. (more…)

14 Tevet 5770
December 31, 2009

 For General Mills/Nestle Cheerios cereals with wheat, the Chodosh code is Aug 16 10.

 The exception in MultiGrain Cheerios, code Jun 13 10.

Thanks to subscriber Yankie Goldbrenner for pushing the issue!