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(I hereby authorize myself to quote myself verbatim, and indemnify myself from any and all copyright claim against myself.)
Food-contact.
From the Star-K:
"Quite frankly, we were astonished to learn of the rather extensive use of stearates and other tallow based chemicals in the production of plastic food-contact materials. These chemicals may be added to ...
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One could dream up some remote possibilities, but in short, it's not:
The OU feels that Ziploc bags need approval
It's:
The Ziploc company decided they'd sell better with OU approval
There's an OU shiur (I believe it was a session for women in professional kashrus, and it featured Rabbi Yoel Schoenfeld) where someone asked about an OU on bottled ...
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The OU has an extensive list of non-food items that do not need a hechsher for Pesach. Included in the list are plastic bags and containers, and aluminum foil wrap and pans. I assume that this can be extended to year-round as well. A detailed discussion of these products can be found on the OU website here.
Star-K also has a list of foods and items that ...
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There is an alternative, corn-based product called "zein" that, according to the linked WP article at least, "may be labeled as 'confectioner's glaze.'" According to an email I received from someone in the Hashgacha industry, zein coatings, unlike shellac coatings, "generally do not contain alcohol."
I don't know if this was the product used in your candy; ...
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San Juan, Puerto Rico is a great place to go. The Chabad delivers kosher meals to the various hotels in Isla Verde, whether for weekday or Shabbos meals, and they even have a pizza cafe there on Saturday nights (operating on a seasonal schedule) and run an Israeli-style Kosher take-out shop in Old San Juan, open Sunday-Thursday. Staff is wonderful.
In ...
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OU.org says the cone does not need a brocho; it is subordinate to the ice cream.
Even if ice cream is eaten in a cone, only Shehakol is necessary,
since the cone is eaten only because of the ice cream and is clearly
subordinate to it. Its purpose is actually not so much to be eaten as
to hold the ice cream and to prevent the hands from becoming ...
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Nitei Gavriel Shavuos 29:1 note 1 mentions from Kovetz Bais Talmud that in the times of the second Bais HaMikdash they used to eat on Shavuos (לפתות מלחם ומלח (חלב. This sounds a bit like cheesecake to me.
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I'm of the opinion that one of the most Kosher-convenient, family-friendly, and yes, exciting, but overlooked, vacation destinations for observant Jewish families in the US and Canada, is Buffalo, NY.
(Greater) Buffalo has a Mariott Residence Inn, which has affordable suites with kitchenettes, across the street from the Young Israel of Greater Buffalo.
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First Sephardim also do not rely on a non-Jewish taste tester(See Kaf HaChaim 98:2, Ben Ish Hai Year 2 Korach 61). Though this does not answer the actual question, but I thought I would start with the extra-credit first.
Yes there are poskim that deal with this.
This is providing the Jew is allowed to taste the food, as in the case of radish cut with a ...
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