Update from the Guide to Chodosh

[Y. Herman]

*CHODOSH BULLETIN-18 NOV 09*

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    _THE FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE SECOND GUIDE_


    Barilla pastas that are packed on Aug 16 or later may be Chodosh.
    The codes for different pastas are as follows: Plus Pasta code Aug
    16 10 (1 year after packing). Whole Grain Pasta code Feb 16 11 (18
    months after packing.) Oven Ready Lasagna code Apr 16 11 (20
    months). Straight Semolina Pasta code Apr 16 12 (32 months).

Mishpacha, the malt in all flours is confirmed to be Yoshon till pesach.

Weetabix cereals with wheat. For _organic_ Weetabix, the Chodosh code 
for the wheat is Oct 1 10 (1 year after packing.) For the _regular_ (not 
organic) cereals, the wheat is Yoshon. Malt may be a problem starting 
with a code of Jan 1 11.

Off the Grill at 600 Central Ave, Cederhurst, NY is not certified as 
Yoshon until further notice.

Circa-NY Restaurant, 22 West 33^rd St, New York City is NOT Yoshon.

General Mills cereals oats code. The summary of changes at the beginning 
of the 2d Guide has Chodosh code dates for oats in General Mills cereals 
that are not consistent with those dates in the table on page 36. The 
table on page 36 is the correct one.

Ungers frozen pie and tart shells in 3, 6 and 9 inch sizes have a 
Chodosh code of 09309 (09=year, 309=day of the year). However, on the 9 
inch shells, the code is not printed on each individual package, only on 
the case in which the packages are packed. Since the customer does not 
have any control to make sure that any specific package on the shelf 
came from any specific box, therefore the 9 inch shells are not 
recommended as Yoshon. For the Unger pizza crust, the Chodosh code is 
Mar 11, 2010. Ungers bread crumbs are Yoshon even without a label.

Beechnut baby foods code. Do not use the “Best if used by date. Instead, 
for oats packing date of July 26 the code would be 7-9-26 (7=month, 
9=year, 26=date). For items that contain wheat but not oats, the code 
would be 8-9-9. For barley the code is 8-9-16.


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