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From: sieg@bocar.UUCP (B A Siegel)
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Subject: Re: Caviar oil in kosher salad dressing
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Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 13:27:58 EST
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In article 1620@erc3ba    A. Y. Feldbllum writes ..

>  The issue of Kosher or not is what the presence of the symbol of the
>  rabbinic supervisory organization ( the Union of Orthodox Rabbis in this
>  particular case) on the product addresses. The symbol says that there
>  are no nonkosher elements in the product, and there are no problems in
>  it's manufacture. The next issue is how you, as a consumer, will use the
>  product. Since it is not permitted to eat meat and dairy together,
>  products may often have the words {meat, dairy, pareve (neither meat nor
>  dairy) } on them to let you know with what other things they may be
>  used. (The UO will sometimes include the letter 'D' to indicate that
>  something is dairy.) However this is not always done, and it is a good
>  habit to read the ingredients label to check.

Often even this is not enough!
The rabbinic supervisory organizations DO NOT tell you whether the product 
is made on dairy equipment.   Obviously one can not deduce this from 
the ingredients.  This leads to problems if the item (made on dairy 
equipment) is eaten at the same time as eating meat.

The classic case is using Hersheys choclate syrup on Pareve ice cream for 
dessert, in the same meal after eating meat. This is OK (no pun intended)
as long as the two are not eaten simultaneously.  However, items such as 
bread which may somehow be made on dairy equipment, yet has only Pareve 
ingredients, there is no indication of this (on the package) by the 
rabbinic supervisoy organization.

Does anyone know why the rabbinic supervisory organizations let this happen?

P.S.  I think I heard that the "chuf-K" rabbinic supervisory organization
      is trying to start a new symbol to solve this problem.