CHODOSH BULLETIN-1 Feb 10 From the Guide to Chodosh-Y. Herman Chodosh telephone Hot Line 718-305-5133, email yher...@yahoo.com
The third and last issue of the Guide to Chodosh has gone to the printer. It should be mailed out to the individual subscribers and local distributors within about 1 week. The following is the summary of changes from the second issue of the Guide.
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE SECOND ISSUE OF THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH CRC-HISACHDUS NOW DOES CERTIFY YOSHON Until this year, the CRC-Hisachdus did not certify Yoshon, even for items under their hashgocho that had a Yoshon label. This policy has now changed. For all packaged foods with a CRC hashgocho for kashrus and a Yoshon label, the CRC hashgocho covers the Yoshon as well. The same holds for all establishments such as bakeries, pizza shops, etc that claim to be Yoshon and are under the CRC hashgocho for kashrus. This policy went into effect at the end of the summer, from the beginning of the current Chodosh season. Therefore, it covers all items on the market today. The CRC is also makpid on malt. They will not certify as Yoshon any item that may contain Chodosh malt. Earlier issues of this Guide to Chodosh had reflected the former refusal of the CRC to take responsibility for Yoshon. Therefore, we listed products with a Yoshon label and only a CRC hashgocho under the ? category. Namely that without a responsible hashgocho we could not recommend such items as Yoshon. Now that we have been advised of the new CRC policy, we attempted to reclassify those items to categories of ? or ?. However, it is quite possible that we missed some items and neglected to reclassify them. OTHER ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE THIRD ISSUE OF THE GUIDE CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS LISTED BY SECTION NUMBER IN THE GUIDE 4.1 Cakes, cookies and crackers ? Baker’s Best rugelach and cookies with a Yoshon label, and a CRC hechsher for kashrus. Yoshon under the hashgocho of the CRC. ? Craven’s Choice cookies with a Yoshon label, and a CRC hechsher for kashrus. Yoshon under the hashgocho of the CRC. ? Home Style cookies with a Yoshon label, and a CRC hechsher for kashrus. Yoshon under the hashgocho of the CRC. ? Kemach flat breads, all kinds, have a Chodosh code of Jan 1 2011. ? Lekach Tov cookies with a Yoshon label, and a CRC hechsher for kashrus. Yoshon under the hashgocho of the CRC. ? Liebers pizza chips and rye chips are Yoshon under the hashgocho of Rabbi Weissmandl. ? Yossie’s packaged products (not to be confused with Yossie’s Heimishe Bakeries in Boro Park, Brooklyn). All items with both a CRC hashgocho for Kashrus and a Yoshon label are Yoshon under the CRC. 5.1 Regular noodles, pasta, mandlen and croutons ? America’s Choice pasta. The code may have changed. Check with the company or call the Hot Line for updates. ? Barilla pastas that are packed on Aug 16 or later may be Chodosh. The codes for different pastas are as follows: Plus Pasta code Aug 16 10 (1 year after packing). Whole Grain Pasta code Feb 16 11 (18 months after packing.) Oven Ready Lasagna code Apr 16 11 (20 months). Straight Semolina Pasta code Apr 16 12 (32 months). ? Kemach egg noodles and farfel purchased since Jan. 1 are guaranteed to be Yoshon only with a Yoshon label. Kemach one pound boxes of macaroni, spaghetti and lasagna have a Chodosh code of Nov 1 2011 (2 years after packing.) . Bulk bow ties, egg barley, noodles in 10 pound packages as well as 20 pound packages have a Chodosh code of 3359 (335=day of year, 9=year). However 20 pound pasta with a different code system has the Chodosh code of 09/01/11 (day of packing +2 years.) Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Horowitz. ? Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Chodosh date is Aug 16 11 (2 years after packing), if made in the US. Ronzoni, Catelli and Lancia pasta made in Canada, the Chodosh code is: Regular (white) pasta Nov 16 12, Smart, Whole Wheat, Egg noodles, Egg Fetucini, Vegetable Pasta code Nov 16 11. Multigrain code Oct 5 11. 6. Home baking products ? Best flours, some flours contain “Dough Conditioner”. According to the mashgiach, Rabbi Gruber, these flours are Yoshon, including the dough conditioner. ? Bob’s Red Mill whole wheat flour Chodosh code Aug 9 11 (2 years after packing.) ? Duncan Hines revised Chodosh codes: All mixes for brownies, cookies and muffins the Chodosh code is Feb 9 11 (18 months after packing.) For cakes and oven-ready items the code is Aug 9 10 (12 months after packing.) Candies in the mix do not affect the code. ? Mishpacha, the malt in all flours is confirmed to be Yoshon till pesach. Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Teitelbaum, the Nirbarter Rav. 7.3 Soy terriaki and other sauces ? Gefen Chicken and Bar-b-q Seasoning contains semolina which is from spring wheat. This product may be Chodosh. 8.1 Cereals ? Barbara cereals update: We list how many months after packing are the dates on each of the following cereals. For oats please add these months to Jul 26. For wheat but no oats add to Aug 9. Ultima Flax & Granola=9 months, Ultima Organic=12 months, Organic Wild Puffs=9 months, Shredded Mini Oats=8 months, Multigrain Shredded Spoonfuls=9 months, Shredded oats=8 months, Multigrain Puffins and Puffins original=12 months. ? Bob’s Red Mill wheat germ Chodosh code Aug 9 10 (1year after packing.) ? Kemach cereals, all cereals have a Chodosh date for malt of Jan 22 2011. Choco Chippers cereal is Yoshon except for the malt after the above date. ? Nature Valley Granola bars with oats but no wheat, the Chodosh code should be Sept 22 11. ? Weetabix cereals with wheat. For organic Weetabix, the Chodosh code for the wheat is Oct 1 10 (1 year after packing.) For the regular (not organic) cereals, the wheat is Yoshon. Malt may be a problem starting with a code of Jan 1 11. 9.1 Frozen and prepared foods ? Apollo Filo dough, the new code is Aug 9 10 (1 year after packing.) ? Chef’s Kingdom. All products are Yoshon under the hashgocho of Rabbi Moshe Shimon Bineth. The exception is the salami egg roll which is not Yoshon. ? Golden Fluff products, including onion rings are Yoshon under the hashgocho of Kedassia of London. ? Kemach chocolate graham pie crust is Yoshon. It does not contain malt. Graham cracker pie crust, the wheat flour is Yoshon, the malt may be Chodosh starting with a code of 02-01-11 (code is 1year after packing.) Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Horowitz. ? Ungers frozen pie and tart shells in 3, 6 and 9 inch sizes have a Chodosh code of 09309 (09=year, 309=day of the year). However, on the 9 inch shells, the code is not printed on each individual package, only on the case in which the packages are packed. Since the customer does not have any control to make sure that any specific package on the shelf came from any specific box, therefore the 9 inch shells are not recommended as Yoshon. For the Unger pizza crust, the Chodosh code is Mar 11, 2010. Ungers bread crumbs are Yoshon even without a label. Ungers graham cracker pie crust is Yoshon. Under the hashgocho of the Bais Din of New Square. ? Yitzy’s Gourmet Pastry Squares, Puffed Pastry Flaky Dough have a Yoshon label and either the O-K LABS or the CRC are Yoshon, 9.3 Soups and soup mixes ? Kemach minestone and vegetable soups Chodosh code 3381 (338=day of year, 1=2 years after packing.) Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Horowitz. 9,5,1 Beer ? Coors Beer, Corrected code =4 15 10 (2=Feb, 28=date, 10=year this date is 4 months after packing). ? Miller Brewing Co Corrected code=4 15 10 (2=Feb, 28=date, 10=year this date is 4 months after packing). 9.6 Baby Foods ? Beechnut baby food update: Both cereal boxes and baby food jars have two kinds of dating codes. One indicates the actual date of packing. The second is the “best if used by” date. We suggest that you look only at the code for the actual packing date. For cereal boxes the codes appear at the top of the boxes. An example would be 7926 JAN2011. (7=July, 9=year, 26=day of the month.) For foods in jars the code for the same date would be printed on the lid and would be 97 26JAN2011 (9=year, 7=month, 26=day). Use the dates of Jul 26 for oats, Aug 9 for wheat and Aug 16 for barley. ? Gerber baby food update: Cereals in boxes the date on the package is 1 year after packing. Cereals in jars it is 15 months after packing. Add these intervals to Jul 26 for oats, to Aug 9 for wheat and Aug 16 for barley. 9.7 Candies ? Harry London Chocolate Pecan Caramel Stars contain undeclared wheat germ that may be Chodosh. Dating code not known. (This warning came from the Kashrus Magazine, Adar 5770 (Mar 10) issue.) 11 Professional bakery flour and other bakery ingredients ? Wilmark bakery products are all Yoshon. The only exceptions are the donut mixes which are only Yoshon on special order. Under the hashgocho of the O-U. 12.1.4 New York City Restaurants, pizza shops ? Circa-NY Restaurant, 22 West 33rd St, New York City is NOT Yoshon. ? Simon Sez Pizza Shop on Ave M is now under the hashgocho of Rav Pinchos Horowitz. Rabbi Horowitz only supervises the kashrus. So far as we know, this establishment has no hashgocho for Yoshon. 12.1.5 Queens and Long Island ? Off the Grill at 600 Central Ave, Cederhurst, NY is not certified as Yoshon until further notice. Queens, NY Update regarding establishments under the hashgocho of the Vaad Harabonim of Queens. In the following list, for bakeries and restaurants, everything is Yoshon unless noted below otherwise. For the pizza shops only the pizza is under hashgocho for Yoshon. ? Avraham Bakery, ? Bagel Mench, ? Bagels & Co., ? Benny’s Pizza, ? Benjy’2- New Hyde Park, ? G&I Bakery, , ? King David Bakery, ? Main Street Bakery, ? Strauss Bakery, ? Pizza Professor. ? Violet’s (formerly Beigel’s) everything is Yoshon except the multi-grain breads. 12.2 Monsey * ? Gelbman-Shulchan Melachim Catering, 7 Wilson St., New Square. Yoshon under the hashgocho of the Bais Din of New Square. ? Glaubers Catering in Monsey, Yoshon under the hashgocho of Rabbi Binyamin Gruber. ? Rugelech Bakery Yoshon under the hashgocho of the CRC. 12.4 New Jersey Lakewood: KCL Yoshon policy clarification: At this time the KCL does not certify any establishment or product as being Yoshon. This means that even packaged foods which have a Yoshon label and a KCL label are also not certified as Yoshon by the KCL. One reason given by the KCL is that none of the establishments to which they provide kashrus supervision has asked for Yoshon supervision. (Note the comment under the Lakewood listing in Section 12.4 about how surprising it is that in Lakewood of all places the Yoshon-observant consumers do not demand hashgocho for items that are stated to be Yoshon!) Lakewood:? Hershy’s Bakery is under the hashgocho for KASHRUS of Rav Mordechai Betzallel Klein. Rabbi Klein does guarantee that the flour used in the bakery is Yoshon. However, he takes no responsibility for checking the Yoshon status of other ingredients and materials used in the bakery. Therefore, we consider the Yoshon supervision of this bakery as being incomplete. 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