Chodosh Bulletin from the Guide to Chodosh

Fri Mar 18 10:47:19 EST 2005

BULLETIN FROM THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH

18 Mar 05

Liebers brownies, oatmeal cookies, oats cereal and sandwich cookies with 
oats, all under the hashgocho of Rav Weissmandl, are now Chodosh.

Kineret onion rings and challehs under the hashgocho of Rav Weissmandl, are 
now Chodosh.

Gross cookies with oatmeal with a Yoshon label under the hashgocho of Rav 
Weissmandl are Yoshon.

Dependable Food corporation whole wheat flour with code of AL 03/14/05 is 
Yoshon. The following Alladin wraps with date of March0205 are Chodosh: 
whole wheat 10 inch size, whole wheat 12 inch size and roasted pepper. Both 
the whole wheat flour are available in commercial sizes only.

Kedem vodka is kosher for pesach and is therefore Yoshon.

Barilla pasta, the probably Chodosh code is Sept 15 06 (2 years after packing).

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10 Mar 05

REMINDER: The Guide has been recommending that items containing malt or 
malted barley or barley malt should not be purchased after March 15 unless 
the codes indicated that the item was packed before Jan. 15. When codes are 
not known, Mar 15 is the recommended purchase deadline. This date is almost 
here. (By now it has passed.)

The latest Guide has the following errors:

Duncan Hines: The text on page 4 is correct, the text on page 34 is not. 
The correct information is: Most mixes contain wheat starch. The probable 
Chodosh packing date is Aug  20. For those Duncan Hines mixes that have 
Best If Used bydates, the codes are as follows. All cake mixes have a date 
that is 1 year after packing. In addition, brownies, muffins and cookies 
which contain nuts or candies also have a 1 year code. All brownies, 
muffins, and cookies without nuts or candies have an 18 month code However 
some items, instead of dates have a different code system. For these the 
Chodosh code for Aug 20 is 4233621 (4=year, 233=day of the year, 621=not 
important.).

Kellogs corn flake crumbs, the Chodosh code is Jan 15, 2007 (2 years after 
packing.)

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4 Mar 05

WARNING: Nature Valley Granola bars sold in Israel: Page 13 of the 3rd 
issue of the Guide stated that Nature Valley Granola bars sold in Israel 
with an O-U and Yoshon labels are Yoshon. However the March 2005 issue of 
the Kashrus magazine reports that this is not true for some of these bars. 
Apparently, those that are imported by S. O. G. S. and are distributed by 
Eurofood of Rishon LZion have an unauthorized hashgocho and may be Chodosh. 
The same granola bars are being marketed in Israel by other sources and are 
Yoshon.

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