Update from the Guide to Chodosh

[Y. Herman]

CHODOSH BULLETIN 11 MAR 03

Kemach crackers and cookies, the Chodosh date for malt was given as Jan. 
23, with a code of 1P023N. In fact only the three digits in the middle of 
the code are relevant. The other letters and numbers can be ignored. If 
those three digits are 023 up to the day of the year for the current date 
(for example up to 065 for Mar. 6) then the malt may be Chodosh. For high 
numbers such as from 200 to 365, the item was produced last year and the 
malt is Yoshon.

Kehilah Kashrus has asked that we remind the public that both in the 
restaurants and pizza shops under their supervision and in many other 
restaurants, the fries, the spicy fries and the Cajun fries may be Chodosh. 
Since these are fried in the same oil as other fried items, all fried items 
may be Chodosh due to the oil in which they are fried. This warning has 
been printed in detail in the Guide at the beginning of the restaurant 
listings for each city.

Post cereals contain a confusing statement. To clarify: the bran in Post 
Shredded Wheat is Yoshon. The bran in other Post cereals may be Chodosh.

Liebers cereals the code given in the Guide is incorrect. The correct code 
is not available.

Kashi cereal update. The date on Kashi Pilaf cereal is the actual date of 
packing. For the Heart and Headcereal the package date is 10 months after 
packing. For the Honey Puff Kashi it is 9 months after packing. For all 
other cereals, the date is 12 months after packing. Check the ingredients. 
For wheat, the probable Chodosh packing date is Aug 20, for oats and barley 
it it Sept 14. For barley malt or plain malt, it is Jan 15.

Weetabix cereal update. The wheat in Weetabix, Alpen and Graifield Raisin 
Bran is winter wheat. If there is malt in the ingredients, the probable 
Chodosh date is Jan. 15, code is CRJA 15 04 (CR=not important, JA=month, 
15=day, 04=year+1).







CHODOSH BULLETIN 28 Feb 03



The third and last issue of the Guide to Chodosh has been mailed out. The 
following are additions and corrections since the publication of the Guide.



Schreiber Bakeries, 3008 Ave M, Brooklyn and 409 Ave M. Everything is 
Yoshon except muffins and whatever contains oatmeal. Under the hashgocho 
for Yoshon of the Kehilah Kashrus.

Le Chaim Fruit Bars. The example given on page 31 is wrong. The code of 
2350 should have stated (2=year, &). In addition, any Le Chaim bar that 
states Yoshon on the label is Yoshon without the need to check codes.



CHOMETZ INFORMATION

Over the past several years, I have published a collection of data on 
supermarkets from the perspective of buying chometz after pesach. This is 
meant as a guide for Rabbonim, with little specific data for the average 
consumer. In this respect, it is very different from the Guide to Chodosh. 
The first draft of this years report is available for you to look at. I 
invite comments on this. In particular, I have not found a good way to 
figure out when to stop and start buying chometz in questionable stores 
after pesach. How does one trace the path of a package found in a store 
after pesach that is, say 150 from its packing? Any suggestions about this 
would be welcome.

To see the draft report send E mail to 
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In the message type:

get Chometz.txt

Make sure that you capitalize as shown.



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of the format of the full, printed Guide. The page layout is slightly 
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size. Make sure that your E mail system allows such large attachments to 
received mail messages.



Y. Herman

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