Update from the Guide to Chodosh

[Y. Herman]

*CHODOSH BULLETIN-31 Dec  07*

*From the Guide to Chodosh-Y. Herman*

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*CORRECTIONS TO THE SECOND ISSUE OF THE GUIDE TO CHODOSH AS OF 31 DEC 07*

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*Greenwald Caterers*, Lakewood, NJ. Yoshon available on request only. 
Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Gornish.

*Adirim* pasta. The farfel is Yoshon all season. All other Adirim noodle 
and pasta products have a Chodosh code of 26 11 09 (26=day of the month, 
11=Nov, 09=year+2). Under the hashgocho of Rabbi Shlomo Gissinger.

*Milk & Honey *has two listings on 10^th Ave, Brooklyn. The second, Milk 
& Honey Restaurant 5013 10^th Ave should be deleted.

*General Mills Corn Chex* cereal, for the 14 ounce size the code is 341 
days after packing. Therefore, the Chodosh code for the malt in this 
cereal is Nov 21 08. For the 16 ounce size the code is 372 days, giving 
the malt date of Dec 22 08.

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*THE FOLLOWING AS OF 17 DEC 07*

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*WARNING:* *Beigels* whole wheat breads and bread doughs are all 
Chodosh. We have received reports of some frozen whole wheat doughs 
having a Yoshon label on them. That is an error, these are all Chodosh 
according to the company.

*Strauss Bakery*. The Guide, under Retail Bakeries, lists Strauss Bakery 
at 5115 13^th Ave Brooklyn as being under the hashgocho of the O-U for 
Yoshon. The status of the Yoshon hashgocho for this store is currently 
being clarified. So far it has been confirmed that items listed in the 
Guide under the section for Frozen Foods, for Strauss Bakery frozen 
doughs as being Yoshon under the hashgocho of the O-U are correct with 
the exception of the spanacheese burrito which is not under hashgocho 
for Yoshon.

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*Unger* pizza crust ,both 12 inch and 6 inch size, the revised Chodosh 
code is Apr 9 08. Under the hashgocho of the Bais Din of New Square.

*Pizza Mizza* in Brooklyn is no longer under the hashgocho of the 
Kehilah Kashrus. Therefore, it should be deleted from the Guide.

*Dougies on the Run* in Baltimore is under the hashgocho for kashrus of 
the Star-K. It is not certified as Yoshon.

*Kemach* vegetable soup Chodosh code should have been 1589 (158=day of 
the year, 9=year+2). The code of 1579 given in the Guide is still Yoshon.

*Bagel Nosh, *380 Clifton Ave, Lakewood is listed on page 5 of the 
Guide. That was included by mistake and should be deleted. The Guide 
does not list any information about Bagel Nosh.

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*FOLLOWING AS OF 6 DEC 07*

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The second issue of the Guide to Chodosh has been made available by 
email and BBS during the week of Nov 12. It was mailed out to all paid 
subscribers in the beginning of the week of Nov 25. The following are 
corrections to the new Guide

*WARNING*: According to the Star-K of Baltimore, * Shindler* fish sticks 
and fish nuggets in _blue* *_packages are Chodosh until further notice. 
Shindler products in packages of other colors are still Yoshon.

*REVISED URGENT WARNING: GEFEN BARLEY*

The Gefen Company asked that an urgent bulletin be issued. Two batches 
of Gefen barley, that went to the stores during the week of Nov 11, are 
NOT YOSHON. These have the codes of 10-22-09 and 10-29-09. Gefen had a 
contract with a company to store Yoshon barley to last the entire 
season. However, that company went bankrupt and the stock of Yoshon 
barley was liquidated. Gefen has not been able to secure replacement 
stocks of Yoshon barley. _Therefore, until further notice, all Gefen 
barley with date code of 10-22-09 or later is Chodosh._

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*Brewer’s yeast*. It is questionable whether this poses a Chodosh 
problem or not. Brewer’s yeast is listed as an ingredient in some foods 
such as some potato chips.

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*Streits* noodles are usually Yoshon under hashgocho. However, one batch 
of Streits noodles has been produced that is Chodosh. The bags of 
Chodosh noodles have a sticker warning that it is not Yoshon. All bags 
without such a sticker are Yoshon.

*Kemach* updates: Grocery sizes of elbow macaroni and spaghetti have the 
revised Chodosh code of Dec 1 2008. Bulk, food service 10 lbs egg bows 
have the Chodosh code of 3357 (335=day of year, 7=year.) All flavors of 
flat breads have the revised Chodosh code of January 1 2009.

*Masbia* barley is not being produced any more. Any of this barley on 
the market is certain to be Yoshon.

*Kineret *chalehs produced in the USA are probably not Yoshon as of the 
purchase date of Nov 26, according to the mashgiach.

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*KCL hashgochos in Lakewood*. On page 55 of the new Guide there is a 
statement that KCL does not give any hashgochos yet on Yoshon. That was 
, by mistake, copied from the previous issue of the Guide. In fact, the 
KCL does give several hashgochos for Yoshon, as detailed on page 56 of 
the new Guide.

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the first issue to the second, can be requested by sending a blank email to

chodosh-intro at sefer.org

These are also available, as usual, from our BBS.

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