CHODOSH BULLETIN
THE FOLLOWING AS OF OCT 17 02
Quaker and Mothers Oats packed in US can be from US oats starting Aug 12 or Canadian oats starting Sept 11. All oats packed in Canada has Sept 11 as Chodosh packing date. Small single serving packets also have the same code, not like in Guide. These codes are 270 days after packing for cold oats and 540 days for hot oats. Therefore, for cold oats made in the USA, the Chodosh package code is May 9 03. For cold oats from Canada, the package date is July 8 03. For hot oats from the USA the Chodosh code is Feb 3 04, whereas from Canada the code would be March 4 04.
J&J Frozen blintzes are all Yoshon, under the hashgocho of Rabbi Yehuda Shain of W-Kosher.
Empire frozen cheese blintzes are Yoshon, under the hashgocho of Rabbi Yehuda Shain of W-Kosher.
Amnon Kosher Pizza is Yoshon, without hashgocho for Yoshon. This refers both to the wholesale sold in groceries and the retail store at 4814 13th Ave. Brooklyn. 718-851-1758.
Barbara Cereals have a date on the package that is 8-9 months after packing.
Gold Medal home Better for Bread flour and the Better for Wheat Bread flour both have dates that are 18 months after packing. The Gold Medal Whole Wheat flour is dated 6 months after packing.
G&I Bakery, both the retail and wholesale are Yoshon without hashgocho for Yoshon. The retail store is at 69-40 Main St. Kew Garden Hills, NY (718) 261-1155. The wholesale breads are available I groceries and are baked at 130-10 180th St, Springfield Gardens, NY 11434. (718) 481-7000.
THE FOLLOWING AS OF OCT 10 02
Heckers and Ceresota flour codes have changed. It is now a straight �best if used by� date. The date on the package is 12 months after packing for the whole wheat flour and 18 months for the regular unbleached white flour.
Borekas Plus, 1528 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn is no longer under the hashgocho of Kehilah Kashrus. It is now in the category of Yoshon without hashgocho for Yoshon.
Kosher Pizza Palace, 2816 Ave M, Brooklyn. The pita is also Yoshon.
Gelbstein Bakery, Clifton Ave, Lakewood, 732-363-3636, produces Yoshon without hashgocho for Yoshon.
Geffen Pancake and Waffle Mix Yoshon (without hashgocho) the whole season.
Landau Whole Wheat pasta is Yoshon (without hashgocho) the whole season.
Korn Retail Bakeries in Brooklyn. The following are owned by Korn (15th Ave Food Corp) Wholesale bakeries and are Yoshon under hashgocho for Yoshon of the O-K Laboratories: Korn Bakery, 1278 49th St and Moshe�s Supermarket, 325 Ave. M. Whatever is printed in the Guide (page 29) for Korn Wholesale Bakery also applies to these two. The following Korn Retail Bakeries are fully Yoshon, bu NOT under hashgocho for Yoshon: 5004 16th Ave, (718) 851-0258, 4106 18th Ave, 851-8015, 5918 18th Ave 621-0595, 914 Kings Highway 627-2903, 4309 13th Ave 435-2852, plus the bakery section in KDS Supermarket 1507 Coney Island Ave 692-0879.
Quaker and Mothers cereal clarification: Quaker oat bran COLD cereal (eaten without cooking) has a date that is 270 days after packing. The HOT oat bran cereals have a date that is 540 days after packing. The Quaker small single servings of hot oat cereals also have a date that is 540 days after packing. See the table on page 20 of the Guide for more details. For Quaker oats cereals made in Canda, the embossed code must be 0814P2 or lower.
Detroit Michigan. Rabbi Gruskin was listed in the Guide as the local contact. He no longer lives in the Detroit area. A new contact will be announced soon.
Kedem Soup mixes are NOT recommended as Yoshon at this time.
Smackin Good Frozen Waffles Chodosh as of purchase date of Oct 15, no code availalble. Smackin Good Frozen Potato Knishes are Yoshon at least up to the purchase date of Nev 15.
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THE FOLLOWING AS OF 1 Oct 02
The Guide to Chodosh was published and mailed out right after Yom Kippur. The following are changes, additions and corrections to the Guide.
New pasta dates and codes: For the following brands Ronzoni, Creamette, Giorgio, American Beauty, Skinner and Prince, the new Chodosh packing date is Oct 28, 02. The revised code is 2301 (2=year, 301=day of the year).
General Mills cereals. The table on page 19 of the Guide has an error. The Chodosh cutoff package code for 248 days for wheat germ should be Apr 25 �03. The package code for 372 days and malt should be Jan 22 �04. Further clarification: the wheat, wheat bran and wheat starch in General Mills cereals is from winter wheat. However if wheat germ is listed in the ingredients (instead of just �wheat�) then it may be from spring wheat. That is the reason that the table on page 19 only lists wheat germ as a wheat problem for General Mills cereals.
Quaker cereals. The table on page 20 of the Guide has an error. For 360 days and malt, the package date should be Jan 10, �04.
Smackin Good pancakes under the hashgocho of Rav Weissmandl may be Chodosh after the purchase date of Oct 2 �02.
Cereals in Israel. The Guide stated that all General Mills/Nestle cereals sold in Israel with on O-U hashgocho have the same dating code as the Guide lists for each cereal sold in the USA. It is possible that this is not true, that the dating code for all such cereals sold in Israel may be one year after packing. We hope to have this matter clarified in about 2 weeks and will issue a further update on this.
Mendy�s Bakery, at three sites, produces Yoshon without hashgocho for Yoshon. These are 2213 65th St. Brooklyn (718) 837-0782, 4611 13th Ave, Brooklyn (718) 851-6624 and 72-22 Main St. Flushing, NY (718) 544-8736.
Circa-NY Restaurant, 22 West 33rd St, New York, NY (212) 244-3730. This restaurant has many items that are Yoshon. There is a posted sign to indicate which items are Yoshon and which are not. For further information, ask the full-time O-U mashgiach Rabbi Shia Wurtzberger. (Note that the O-U officially only gives a hashgocho for kashrus. Therefore, the mashgiach�s information on Yoshon will be �unofficial�.)
Moshe�s Supermarket, 325 Ave. M, Brooklyn. The bakery section gets their products from Korn Bakery. See page 29 of the Guide under �15th Ave Food Corp and Korn� for further details.
The Guide incorrectly listed Bernie�s Place in Brooklyn as being Yoshon under hashgocho. In fact, this store has closed and is out of business.
Page 34 of the Guide listed two establishments for Queens, NY, the Pizza Professor under hashgocho and the Pizza Warehouse without hashgocho. In fact the Pizza Warehouse listing should have been deleted. It has been replaced by the Pizza Professor. The corrected phone number for the Pizza Professor is (718)261-6666.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXACT REPRINT OF THE YOSHON UPDATE FOR CANADA FROM THE COR IN TORONTO:
Yoshon Update # 2
Date: September 30, 2002
The Yoshon cutoff dates for the following products are as follows:
Robin Hood Multifoods
Old Mill Oats, Robin Hood Oats - Imprinted code must be 2612 or lower.
Robin Hood Organic Oats - Imprinted code must be 2253 or lower
Robin Hood/Monarch Retail Flour (excl. Cake and Pastry, Organic) - If the last digit of the imprinted production code is S, the first digits must be 2632 or lower. If the last digit is M, the first digits must be 2273 or lower.
Robin Hood/Monarch Retail Flour (Cake and Pastry) - Imprinted code must be 2632 or lower.
Robin Hood/Monarch Retail Flour (Organic) - Imprinted code must be 2882 or lower.
Quaker Oats
Products containing oats - Embossed code must be 0814P2 or lower.
Puffed Wheat and Malt Flavoured Shredded Wheat - products are still yoshon.
Muffets Shredded Wheat and Quaker Puffed Rice are always yoshon.
General Mills (mf�g in USA, for export to Canada only, OU certified)
Regular and Apple Cinnamon Cheerios are yoshon, will change in Nov.
We currently don�t have accurate information on other Cheerios products.
Weetabix
Weetabix, Corn Flakes, Bran Flakes and Raisin Bran, are still yoshon.
Alpen and Grain Shop - products are still yoshon.
Presidents Choice (COR 123)
Toasted O�s, Honey Nut O�s, Fruity O�s, Frosted Oats and Fibre First Multibran - products are still yoshon.
Post Cereals (COR 38) and (COR 114)
Products are still yoshon.
Kelloggs Canada - products are still yoshon.
Barley - Product currently in stores is possibly Chodosh.
Kolbo has yoshon barley.
Equality (Dominion) and Our Compliments (Sobeys) - All purpose flour is still yoshon.
Five Roses Flour - (up to and incl. 10 kg sizes)
Products are still yoshon.
Pasta
Unico - Products carrying the OU - First digits of the embossed code must be 091204 or lower.
Products carrying the MK are still Yoshon.
Italpasta - is still yoshon.
Primo - is still yoshon.
Pita (COR 64 only) is still Yoshon.
No Name Instant Oatmeal (flavoured packets) COR 311 - embossed code of 257D or lower.
Flour - (COR 142) - Code must be 2269 or lower.
Please Note :
The current update includes all products listed in previous updates.
The above noted information is subject to change.
The above information applies to products manufactured in Canada only.
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