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Can I buy cut up fruit from a grocery store?⬇️
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Rabbi Eli Gersten, OU Kosher recorder of psak and policy, breaks down the answer in the sixth episode of our Summer Kashrut Series. Got kashrut questions about travel, BBQs, or anything else summer throws your way? Drop them in the comments! #kosher #oukosher #kashrut #fruit #cutupfruit #grocerystores
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I went into a store and I see they sell over there
some cut up fruit. Can I buy it? It depends what
type of store it is. If it's like a supermarket,
then we assume they have dedicated knives,
they have a separate fruit section where they
cut up the fruit, they cut up watermelons,
let's say cut into quarters, or other types
of fruits like that. So those are perfectly
fine to buy. Aside from the fact that
they have dedicated knives, of course,
they cut so many fruit at a time. They cut up
hundreds of watermelons to put out. There's really
no question. If you go into a little store or just
a corner type of store and they have over there,
you know, maybe one watermelon that
they have cut up into four pieces,
um, then one should not buy it. It's unclear
what type of knife they have. It could be used
the same knife from the deli counter to to cut
the watermelons. If the store is selling things
that need to be checked for bugs, such as, let's
say, strawberries and things like that, we know
it's very complicated to properly wash them. One
may not assume that the supermarket or the store
did any such cleanings and therefore one should
not buy berries or strawberries, things like