[Chodosh] Urgent Chodosh Bulletin

[Y Herman]

The following urgent bulletin has just been received from the OU:

The oats used in General Mills cereals has been Chodosh from most factories
since the packaging date of Aug 3. (There is one factory that is later, Aug
15. We will issue a new bulletin when we find out the factory code for this
factory.) This means that all Cheerios and other General Mills cereals that
contain oats will have a Chodosh "Best if used by" date on the package of
Aug 10 2016. This development took the staff the OU and General Mills by
surprise since no one can remember having such an early Chodosh date from
General Mills.

We are still waiting for an update on the Chodosh starting date on Quaker
oat meal and other oats products. Meanwhile, the general starting date
estimate for oats being Chodosh in cereals  is being scaled back from Sept
1 to Aug 4.

More information will be posted as we receive it. Please note that it was
the fear of such unexpected developments has been holding up the
publication of the first issue of the Guide to Chodosh, which otherwise is
ready to go to print.
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