3 Sivan 5771
June 5, 2011

The Café Rimon meat restaurant, located on Jerusalem’s Luntz Street, is now under the hashgacha of OU-Israel. The dairy side of the restaurant, which is now closed for renovations, remains under Badatz Chug Chatam Sofer Petach Tikvah.

23 Iyar 5771
May 27, 2011

The following kashrut alert was released by the OU. Photos of the product as it is being sold in Israel appear below.

The product is sold in Israel with a sticker placed by the importer that contains an unauthorized OU symbol. This product is not certified by the OU and the sticker did not originate from the Hershey Chocolate Company. Read the rest of this entry »

23 Iyar 5771
May 27, 2011

The following information pertains to the Atara meat department in the Osher Ad supermarket on HaDfus Street in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, only.

As of yesterday (22 Iyar), the coverage provided on the meat department has changed. As of now, products purchased at the meat department (only) no longer require sealed packaging and holograms. That refers to the fresh meat area where the butcher serves customers. A mashgiach is constantly present.

Regarding all other poultry and meat products sold in the store refrigerators and freezers, a double seal including a hologram is required to identify all Atara products.

 22 Iyar 5771
May 26, 2011
La Cuisine is now under the hashgacha of OU-Israel (dairy/parve).

This includes the catering (Talpiot, Jerusalem), the café (20 Aza Street in the Rechavia area of Jerusalem) and the café in Beit Avichai (King George Street, Jerusalem).

22 Iyar 5771
May 26, 2011

The following businesses are now under the hashgacha of Badatz Beit Yosef
1. Nice to Meet You Restaurant (meat) 6 Moholiver, Petach Tikvah – 03-913-1456
2. Café Café  (dairy/fish) 8 HaMenofim, Herzliya – 09-958-9671
3. Pizza & Falafel (dairy/fish) 129 Jabotinsky, Bnei Brak – 054-843-2042

Pizza Man in Tiveria is no longer under the badatz hashgacha. No reason provided.

20 Iyar 5711
May 24, 2011

With the summer season unfolding before us, bringing with it the vast array of summer fruits, the following kashrut advisory is provided to remind consumers of a number of important issues. The information is taken from an alert released in Hebrew by the Kosharot organization.

Tevel is indeed an issue, cause for concern, and while many shoppers feel that all fruits and vegetables are fine, since they are from Tnuva, this is simply not the case. Some shoppers erroneously believe that Tnuva takes trumos and ma’asros (tithes) from all produce, and therefore, if one shops in a store without a hechsher, one needn’t concern oneself with these issues. In actuality, as stated clearly on the Tnuva kashrus website, this simply is not the case and Tnuva only accepts responsibility for orla, not trumos and ma’asros. Read the rest of this entry »

19 Iyar 5771
May 23, 2011

The tuna industry has a newcomer, a veteran to the kashrus community but one who to date has refrained from putting his name on tuna. Badatz Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau Shlita, Av Beit Din of Bnei Brak, has certified chunk light tuna (in water and sunflower oil) under the ‘Bueno’ label. Read the rest of this entry »

19 Iyar 5771
May 23, 2011
Once upon a time, shoppers looking for chalav yisrael/mehadrin chocolate products from Elite had to search for the Eida Chareidit-approved Megadim line of Elite chocolates. Some time ago, this began to change as OU-Israel began certifying products under the Elite name, not the Megadim line, introducing the chalav yisrael option to the familiar Elite family. It is the first time that items manufactured under the Elite name offer this higher standard of kashrus for those who seek it.

According to OU-Israel’s Rabbi Yissacher Dov Krakowski, the new expanding line of Elite mehadrin products is all chalav yisrael when bearing the OU insignia on the package. The move appears in line with Elite’s new policy of expanding its mehadrin line in response to the growing nationwide demand.

Rabbi Krakowski reminds consumers that the OU is only responsible for Elite products displaying the OU hechsher.

15 Iyar 5771
May 19, 2011 

Badatz Beit Yosef announces that Ohr Pizza, located at 633 Herzl Street in Beit Shemesh, is no longer under its hashgacha.

Despite this fact, the pizza shop continues to use the badatz logo in its ads and other areas, without authorization and the store management has refused to comply with badatz demands halt this practice. Requests to date have been met with refusal and the hashgacha is pursuing channels to compel compliance. Read the rest of this entry »

14 Iyar 5771
May 18, 2011

The Badatz Eida Chareidit has released the following information pertaining to kashrus in the Meron area on Lag B’Omer for those traveling to Kever Rashbi, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.

The badatz has made arrangements to provide hashgacha at; Read the rest of this entry »