Bulletin from the Guide to Chodosh

[Y. Herman]

CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 4 OCT 01

Ostrowizky's Heimishe Bakery, 1201 Ave J, Brooklyn, was listed in the Guide 
as Not Recommended due to lack of information. The information has now been 
received. This bakery is now recommended. As in the past years, all items 
baked on premises are Yoshon, without hashgocho for Yoshon.

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CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 30 SEPT 01

The Guide to Chodosh was mailed out to paid subscribers on Monday, Sept 24. 
The following are corrections and additions to the Guide.

The following is reprinted from Yoshon Update #1 of the Kashrus Council of 
Canada (COR of Toronto):
Robin Hood Multifoods: Old Mills Oats, Robin Hood, first 3 digits must be 
252 or lower for Yoshon.
Robin Hood Organic Oats-Imprinted code must be 1252 or lower.
Robin Hood/Monarch retail flour (excluding cake, pastry and organic). If 
the last character of the code is S then the first 3 digits of the code 
must be 232 or lower. If the last character is M, it is still Yoshon. Robin 
Hood/Monarch retail cake and pastry flour, the first 3 digits of the code 
must be 246 or lower. Robin Hood/Monarch retail organic flour, the code 
must be 1232 or lower.

Quaker Oats oats manufactured in Canada are Yoshon at least to be beginning 
of October.

Five Roses flour is still Yoshon.

Presidents Choice (COR 123) products are still Yoshon. Will change soon.

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UPDATED INFORMATION RECEIVED:

Queens Pita was listed in the Guide as Not Recommended for lack of 
information. The information has now been received. The revised listing 
should be: Queens Kosher Pita, 68-38 Main St. Flushing, Queens, NY (718) 
263-8000. All items made in the store are Yoshon, including pita, chaleh, 
cakes and other items. No hashgocho for Yoshon.

Bread Basket Bakery is listed on page 38 of the Guide as been Not 
Recommended for lack of information. In fact this is an error. The correct 
listing is on page 30 of the Guide as BBB Bakery, Yoshon under the 
hashgocho of Rabbi Gornish.

Kaff Bakery 4518 Ft. Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn (718) 851-7219 was listed 
in the Guide as Not Recommended for lack of information. The information 
has now been received that all items made in the bakery are Yoshon as in 
the past years. No hashgocho for Yoshon.

Michyo Pita was listed in the Guide as Not Recommended for lack of 
information. The information has now been received that all regular and 
whole wheat pita is Yoshon as in the past years. No hashgocho for Yoshon.

Flour USA packs high gluten flour in 5 and 6 pound brown bags that are sold 
in grocery stores in the New York City area. All bags that state Yoshon on 
the bag are Yoshon without hashgocho for Yoshon.

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CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 16 SEPT 01

A repeat of the news printed below: Freshly baked bakery products may be 
Chodosh at this time, everywhere in the USA. From this time on, it is 
advised that only Yoshon bakeries should be used.

The Guide the Chodosh went to the printer today. It is expected back, on 
Tzom Gedalya, Thursday, evening. It will be available for purchase that 
evening outside my home, 20 Sylvan Road, Monsey. It should be mailed to the 
other dealers and the individual paid subscribers within a few days. 
Meanwhile some of you with E mail service are able to request (free of 
charge) an unformatted, text file version of the full Guide by sending a 
message to:

Chodosh-request at jif.org.il

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(This only works if you copy the message exactly, including 
capitalization.) The file is large, 182 KBytes. It will be sent to you by 
return E mail. However, some E mail systems, such as Juno may not allow you 
to receive such large files. In a few days, I will try to subdivide the 
file to four smaller ones so that these restricted systems should also be 
able to received this version of the Guide in installments.

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CHODOSH NEWS AS OF 9 Sept 01

The following is a summary of the information as known at this time. Please 
remember that all dates given here are early estimates and are subject to 
change.

The Guide to Chodosh is now estimated to be available in printed or E mail 
form, approximately right after Rosh Hashanah. We can not print it earlier 
due to the fact that the dates that are known so far are not firm enough. 
However, be warned that some foods may be Chodosh already, as noted below.

Fresh baked bread and other bakery products in the Mid West, including 
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Minneapolis, are probably Chodosh starting 
Aug 27. For the East and West coasts, the probable Chodosh date for freshly 
baked products is Sept 13. For packaged products using spring wheat, the 
probable Chodosh packing date is Aug 26. The probable Chodosh purchase date 
is Sept 17. The same estimate also holds for noodles and other pasta. THIS 
MEANS THAT BY THE END OF THIS WEEK FRESHLY-BAKED BAKERY PRODUCTS SUCH AS 
BREADS AND CHALEHS SHOULD NOT BE USED ANYWHERE IN THE USA UNLESS YOU CHECK 
TO MAKE SURE IT IS YOSHON.

For oats cereals by brand name the Chodosh packing dates are: Arrowhead 
Sept 5,  ConAgra Oct 1, Ralston Oct 15, General Mills Oct 1, Maypo Sept 25, 
Quaker and HO  Aug 21. For other brands, the oats are probably Chodosh if 
packed after Sept. 21. For each of the above, the probable Chodosh purchase 
dates are about 2 weeks later than the packing dates.

For barley by brand name the Chodosh packing dates are: Quaker  Oct 15, 
Goya Oct 1, Trinidad, Benco, Peak, Jack Rabbit are all Aug 20. Arrowhead 
Aug 1. The probable packing date for other barley is Sept 15. For each of 
the above, the probable Chodosh purchase dates are about 2 weeks later than 
the packing dates.

Some of the home baking flours that are Yoshon at all times: Kemach and 
Haddar under hashgocho for Yoshon, Ceresota, Heckers and Pathmark white flours.

Natural Ovens Bakery breads are NOT Yoshon at this time.



Yoseph Herman

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