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Does dishwashing soap need to be kosher certified?
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Rabbi Eli Gersten, OU Kosher recorder of psak and policy, breaks down the answer. Got kashrut questions? Drop them in the comments!
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Does dishwashing liquid need to
be kosher? Strictly speaking,
dishwashing liquid is not edible, it is not
fit for human consumption, and therefore,
hypothetically even if it had any non-kosher
ingredients, it would not make the dishes
non-kosher, and they would not become treif.
On the other hand, Rav Belsky ZT"L used to
encourage people to buy kosher dishwashing soap.
You would say, you know, even if it isn't kosher,
you don't want it to get on your dishes and to
get into your food. It's like a level of extra
carefulness, even if it's not edible, it's a
good custom. Most of the dishwashing liquids
do have the OU and those ones therefore don't have
non-kosher. So that is something a person should
be careful about if they can. If a person bought
a dishwashing liquid that does not have an OU,
they could use it. It's not going
to make their dishes non-kosher.