*CHODOSH BULLETIN--4 AUG 15* *THE START OF THE CHODOSH SEASON*
*GUIDE TO CHODOSH* Telephone Hot Line: 718-305-5133, Email: yher...@earthlink.net The following Chodosh starting dates are based on the weekly crop bulletins from the US Department of Agriculture. 1) *Freshly baked items using spring wheat*, including breads, challahs, bagels, rolls, pizza and some cakes and cookies may be Chodosh in the Midwest after the PURCHASE DATE of Aug 2. Elsewhere in the US, this date would be Aug 9. 2) *Packaged foods from spring wheat* may be Chodosh after the PACKING date of Aug 2, or the PURCHASE date of Aug 16. 3) *Noodles and pasta* may be Chodosh after the PACKING date of Aug 15 and the PURCHASE date of Sept 1. 4) *Barley*, such as pearled barley, may be Chodosh after the PACKING date of Aug 2 and PURCHASE date of Aug 16. 5) *Oats*: Last year, according to the O-U all oats used in *cereals* had a Chodosh PACKING date of Sept 1 or later, PURCHASE DATE of Sept 15 or later. Exceptions to this included General Mills cereals such as Cheerios and Quaker oats made in the USA for which the Chodosh dates were later. We are waiting for an update on this for the forthcoming season from the O-U. Oats used in non-cereal products such as oatmeal cookies, may be Chodosh starting a PACKING date of Jul 26, PURCHASE date of Aug 9. 6) *Barley malt* (also listed in the ingredients as “malt”) may be Chodosh as of the *packing* date of *Dec 15*. Package codes should be checked after the *purchase* date of *Jan 15* for *beer* and *Mar 15* for malt in other products. The above dates are estimates of the *earliest* time that those items may already be Chodosh. In case of packaged goods, in most cases you may use last year’s Guide to see what the package code is for the cutoff dates given. Just add 1 to the year given in those codes. Those who do not have last year’s Guide may get *last year’s * Guide by sending an email message to either chod...@sefer.org or to chod...@moruda.com. We plan to issue a Preliminary Guide to Chodosh, BE”H, by early September which will contain the package codes revised for the new season.
