Community Magazine September 2009

130 CoMMUniTy MagazinE Kashrut &Health Alerts SupervisionChanges&Withdrawals B RAVOS N ACHO C HEESE T ORTILLA C HIPS , Wise Foods, Inc. has been reformulated from non- kosher to kosher, and will now bear an OU-D symbol. Product without the OU-D symbol is not kosher. OU, August 12, 2009 E DIBLE A RRANGEMENTS , 489 Riverdale, NY is no longer Star-K certified. Star-K, August 6, 2009 W HOLEY F ISH W HITING F ILLETS & S ALMON F ILLETS , are no longer under KOF-K kosher certification. Kof-K, July 23, 2009 Mislabeled T OOTSIE R OLL M IDGEES ; V ANILLA C ARAMELS ; OTHER SOFT CANDIES , by Royal Candy Company, Brooklyn, NY have been distributed with an unauthorized OK symbol. Only the hard candies are certified by OK Kosher Certification. OK, July 10, 2009 C OUNTRY R OAD B ULGARIAN S HEEP ’ S M ILK C HEESE , bears an unauthorized OU symbol. Consumers spotting this product as well as any other products similar to this one are requested to contact the Orthodox Union at 212-613-8148. OU, July 31, 2009 IQF B ROCCOLI AND IQF C AULIFLOWER , Eastsun Foods, bear an unauthorized OU symbol and fraudulently appeared on a letter of certification. OU, August 20, 2009 MislabeledDairy/Parve P HILLY S TIX S WIRL S TIX , bears an OU Parve “DE” designation. The product is actually Parve. The manufacturer included the “DE” designation because of concerns about dairy allergens which may be present in the plant. OU, August 12, 2009 Other Alerts J EWEL BRAND D IXIE C UP I CE C REAM , contain a cRc logo on the outer bag and a “Shield K” on the lids of the individual cups in certain packages. The lids with the “Shield K” were used inadvertently. This product is indeed under the strict certification of the cRc and is dairy - halav stam when bearing the cRc logo on the bag or the individual cups. cRc, July 29, 2009 O ATS ; W HEAT ; B ARLEY ; AND M ALT , can no longer be assumed to be yashan if the packaging dates are later than: July 26, 2009 Oats August 7, 2009 Wheat (flour) & Barley October 15, 2009 Malt All items after the above packing dates must bear a yashan marking that is baked by an approved kosher certifying agency. Please note that this year, General Mills has decided to discontinue their yashan program which they used in previous years. Star-K Keeping You Kurrent, July 2009 C UCUMBERS FROM I SRAEL , are being sold from area fruit and vegetable stores. While there is presently no problem with shmittahon freshcucumbers, there are terumah andmaaser requirements that require produce tobeunder a reliable hashgaha. Consumers should always be careful when buying any produce. Kashrut.com has links to information on teruma and maaser. cRc,August13,2009 A LEI K ATIF PRODUCTS , grown in California (not in Israel), have been found to be infested such that rinsing and washing the product will not help. Consequently, it is advisable to refrain from using the mentioned brand from California until further notice. KAJ, August 9, 2009 Health Alerts L IBERTÉ M ÉDITERRANÉE W ILD B LACKBERRY Y OGURT , is being recalled because it may contain undeclared walnuts and plums. The 6 oz containers code dated Sept 02 bear UPC Bar code 0 65684 65434 5. Plum and Walnut filling was inadvertently put into the Wild Blackberry containers for some subset of this production run. The company has notified its distributors and retailers where the product was distributed and has asked that the products be removed from the shelves. Consumers who have this product should destroy it and contact Liberté at 1-888- 340-9306 x 0 or via email at info@liberte.ca for a full refund. FDA, July 10, 2009 V AN ’ S A LL N ATURAL W HEAT F REE H OMESTYLE P ANCAKES , Van’s International Foods, are being recalled due to undeclared egg, milk, and wheat. The product was distributed in Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. The 12.4- oz. package bears lot number 200060629B1, UPC 0-89947-60604-9, and “best if used by” date of March 30, 2010. Consumers may return the product to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may e-mail customerservice@vansintl.com or call (303) 848-6013. FAAN, August 20, 2009 COURTESY OF KASHRUT.COM