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02-12-2020 Current Kosher Issues
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STAR-K Kashrus Administrators Rabbi Zvi Goldberg and Rabbi Boruch Beyer discuss various kashrus issues including STAR-K certified airline meals and bugs in quinoa.
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right in here let me just change
something here this is a little too big
okay with some news from people who like
to fly especially to air to throw that
United Airlines is starting to serve
Starkey meals on their flights Terry to
throw so for us it's a big deal
start camest I think I'll eat something
rather by this is RK is finally got on
there the Merlin the meals they had were
fine and certified reliably and but I
think what United was trying to do was
in terms of the quality of it they
wanted they they looked up their game
right yeah exactly
right so I'll tell you I have some some
pictures of the meals Oh started to put
it put up our press release Thank You
rabbi Chapman you can see the press
release and actually I do have some with
teachers oh yeah there are pictures
already there people there are people
who are red they're people who already
have been on the fly have eaten them
they're really being served so we have
people we have pictures of people eating
them no pictures of the meals Oh what
they look like so I'm going to show you
the pictures so one second where is that
let me give you some okay so this is the
this is the press release of the way
it's supposed to Wow look at that but
that's some business class
are you flying in the middle of the Ring
what is that thing this yeah I don't
know I don't know either but it looks
interesting okay and but I actually I
looked around on the web to find to see
what I could find about this issue and I
found that Dan's deals that's a site for
like okay so he actually got some
pictures of somebody who actually was on
the flights see over here now this is
again I'm so happy that you get all that
extra plastic that's so nice
this is a business class meal and you
can see over here on the bottom this is
I guess breakfast for homemade cheese
homemade cheese please always tell the
kosher consumer on the plane because
he's the guy who's surrounded by tons it
fly away plastic and what have you so
there you can see there's a star K also
it has this list extra here is the
tartakov basically the shellac shirt for
those people that want that you can see
on the bottom it says all cooked items
are visually
well of course because without visually
swell with it wouldn't be a problem your
problem but all baked goods are posses
wrong they're all Posse so for those who
wanna let me ask you the potentially
embarrassing question which is is there
Amazonas role included in the stark a
meal I do not know I'm gonna see one but
because you know that we have certain
feelings about that right um as far as
your chin which is very important to
some people all the meals are yes I'm
sure
and they are not at all yo shin it's not
correct I meant an in the in the
figurative sense
what do you mean that they're all home
when you gotta explain the joke's on the
show then you know suddenly here you
want the coffee no they are the whole
idea of these Frisco meals as you can
see that's a stock you know is it's
actually its abbreviation for fresh
kosher I think so they're they're
they're they're supposed to be fresher
and tastier that yeah and as far as your
chin goes but I mean the hollow
concussion it's not necessarily awesome
the reason for that is is that it's
difficult you see they have have some
sort of cake in here and other things it
depends where they get it from that all
of their sources are going to be yo
shown and and it depends and if it is
the ocean it will be marked ocean okay
and this is only on United it's not only
on United business-class know there's
only on United from Newark right now and
it's on on United even regular economy
the P on class sardine class in the
sardine class yeah I still get you can
get this with this you don't have to say
no it'll order of course you have the
special rascal neon orange it's a kosher
meal and you guys might be coming from
Newark right are you gonna get at fresco
mean we got the fresco meal this is you
won't get this cut this exact no cuz
this is all my cheese blintzes this is
in the front if you're in the economy
regular frozen cheese what's the catch
so let's take a look at some of the
other pictures here's this is supper I
just want to point out you know the dark
has been in the air you know a little
bit of salt to we made such a big deal
about this good
Lamesa king nut which happens to be my
account
yeah has been serving providing proudly
present dreadfuls and peanuts right for
it died rice on airlines so I just
wanted to make sure everyone knows that
we have been up there right that's true
but you know that that Southwest doesn't
serve peanuts anymore
I understand they still have those
little pretzels they do I want to do
this project with your ugly buyer always
everytime I go all is the amount of
pretzels and that one bag they give you
is that amount to make a bracelet room
it's very hard to tell I'm always masked
me to ask for a second okay and you
could be on say talking about you wanna
know that's a shear of the this year
right so actually here I think those
things would actually be getting smaller
and smaller as we go along but I want I
want you have fewer pretzels we're
actually doing studies in the office now
door behind him I was here a few times
already
trying to refigure out how much how much
a shear of mosses and you can see this
is our in our in our conference room you
see we have a really some some hand
masses that we are that we are we are we
are testing them to see how how big is
the amount that you need to eat for say
the night never behind them and did this
20 25 years ago they came out with a
certain measurement which is in our book
but now you know maybe the mass has
changed sizes and so we want to redo it
so we could do the same thing with the
pretzels but yeah it has the pretzels to
see how much you need to eat okay this
is another example
okay so DW is asking are those meals
officially yourself are them too that is
a very good question I don't know it's
not a star s right could be not in other
words if you go into a random restaurant
that's kosher certified user star K or
any other hash or in any other Ashkenazi
have sure you cannot assume that is
visually self aspiring which is a higher
level you have
Azmaria so I could I would not assume
that over here either we do have we do
have like you mentioned right I know
that star yes I don't leave any star as
restaurants though right list let's just
take a look this is it this is the food
open good it looks it looks it looks
fairly good this this food looks pretty
good
then we have you can actually identify
what it is that's also being able to
identify one I mentioned to you if you
look at this actually this is different
than the previous meals these blintzes
this is what United wanted United wanted
them in plastic so you could actually
see what's inside of it
that's considered to them to be more as
opposed to what's now comes in you can't
see it uh oh I see there you can
actually see through and see that
there's actually food in there right
that was it's like more appetizing it's
more higher grit hundreds somehow it
looks more and services like trying to
open it and see what's in there and then
do I want to eat it you can see just by
looking from the outside so these are
double seal because you need to have two
seals when they put it into the oven
right now when you put in the oven DW is
saying I'm not sure who who that is but
they're saying caramels which is a
restaurant which is a restaurant a pizza
store in Baltimore is probably okay for
spire them and the Royal restaurant also
okay I'm not I'm not I'm not familiar
with that so we have to just live here
well the starcade be expanding to other
airlines as well okay so how do you
answer if we can yeah if you're offering
please call us offline and we'll be
happy to sign up it's a good question
III don't think that there are plans
right now and and the way they people
don't usually unnecessarily understand
we don't go out and give the Heckscher
to anything we don't we don't we don't
solicit the companies they come to us
they want to have sure they're working
with fresco United United when
out right alfresco went to them I don't
know but it didn't really have to do it
wasn't coming from us it was coming from
I think the answer is probably this is
unique I'm sure we would love to do
other airlines if they want to get these
beautiful meals it would be great
another thing is that fresco already had
a relationship with with airline meals
at least passengers in in Newark oh
because they had that the concession
right they have that concession in
running in the airport right where you
can buy sandwiches ready-made same but
not only Newark they have north of JFK
LaGuardia right and you go to some of
the SIBO see IBO stands and you can see
you see meals actually look a lot like
this package with that logo and the star
K and those year let's kind of gave them
an in I think so it another thing that I
saw is that in in the in the lounge in
Newark in the business lounge again so
when you fly you would build to get this
yes yes of course the head that they're
having fresh hot meals I merely have now
is just old tray fresh hot coach free
meal fresh shot kosher meals yes what
they have now is just rave now you pull
it how do you pull that off how do they
do that and probably with the same so
when you heat up your own meal I don't
know I don't know how it works I didn't
hear anything about it but that's I'm
sure they said you saw it I saw what in
the lounge in the business lounge no I
read about it that was only the
impression that you were having waffles
and you know so these are the the when
they heat this up stomach this one if
they ask this yeah
or do they have a choice to do they
break this you know they should not
break it no it should not pray so I get
them your back and the seal is broken
does that present me with the question
it does present you with a question the
best thing to do is to have them
because sometimes I'd like to do that I
think because they're paid a thing is
gonna blow up in the microwave it's a
it's a it's a service that they might
ask you do you want it open before this
you don't know just serve it like this
serve it to me with the plastic wrapped
sealed and and that will be the way to
do it let me see if I have any other
pictures here I think that is basically
okay so okay is there anything else to
talk about about the about the United
did we cover that pretty pretty well now
it's only from from Newark that they're
gonna get these meals if you go from is
a new flight from dollarsdirect not
stopping you now you these Eric says you
still three days a week
oh yes Sunday Wednesday and Friday
Friday Friday night right
but that's when they fine so anyway on
those and those on those flights you
will not get this neither from Sanford
you she's gonna be on the Freddy much
like any of those flights Sunday night
Wednesday night you're not getting this
but they say they're going to be
upgrading their meals which I'm not sure
with that you know what they're doing
but that's what they say that's nice
yeah so really it's really I think a
good good move for it okay let's move on
to the next topic which is you promised
to talk about the quinoa bug update as
we discussed last time with Rabbi
Tendler that there is an issue with
quinoa we're finding it infested with
bugs little teeny bugs sorry what Kleist
yeah look like that's what I meant so
the kind of stuff you would find in a
book right little tiny little creatures
and it's it's it's a problem and we're
the star K is really not true but we're
doing a lot of research on it yeah
we have it we have a team of people
researching it and and we're you know
checking quinoa from all over the
country and trying to figure out you
know where the sources we have quinoa
companies we certify so even in what
comes out of South America yes
via Peru we talked to the companies
there and we're not sure exactly why
this is is is happening but it is
happening someone when my friends asked
me recently a colleague of the rabbi out
somewhere and he said he heard this a
problem with this star ke hold it
I said star K is like pushing but this
is a problem it is a real issue and I
want to show a video what what we what
you might see if you check it the way to
check it is you take the quinoa put it
through a sieve and and let so it's
something that's that's small enough the
holes are small off to hold back the
kinwa but large enough to let the bugs
go through so you shake it over a plate
I think we had a we had a link to so I
have a video I think we had a link to
them to the appropriate official tagging
George we might have done well you can
get off there I just want to now show
how it how they actually look so I'm
going to show us here it's on the only
way I can show this through YouTube and
I know some of our some of our listeners
I'm listen is have YouTube block so I'm
sorry if you if you email us we will get
you a link to it if you would like to
but here goes oh I'm in there a little
bit anymore than that I don't think so
but it's a little tiny ones the the the
idea is the big ones are the quinoa that
went through a little bit of quinoa went
through and there are dozens so that was
that
so yeah that's not part of the United
the new United meals no just rest
assured so those are those are those are
the bugs and and and it's a real issue
that we have simcoe's asking is this all
companies the answer is all nine star K
companies I wish we could say that it's
it's all companies with a half year
without a half-shirt we haven't really
figured out welcome you know right it's
the red quinoa the light came on a blue
quinoa but mostly we're checking the
white king
we because others are not that popular I
don't know if that's alright Emily if
they check the other types but um well
it's it's all companies and part of the
issue with any of these dried dried
vegetables dried grains grains is that
you know even when if they pack it sits
on the Shelf it doesn't have any bugs it
could very well have microscopic eggs
that you cannot see and would not be
only the flower has as well to write it
if you leave flour out long enough in
them and moist then it could grow bugs
and same thing with the kinwa no matter
you know it could be 100% kosher when
they packed it but it has a shelf life
of a year or two years so we're
recommending to get kidding well that
has you know it's close to as packing as
possible on the words that the the the
best by date is far or is far off from
the future that means it was packed
recently and then but he sought to check
it you still have to check it we do have
one brand that we checked it at the
packing and then we at the when they
packed they brought it in from Bolivia
we checked it when they packed it into
big sacks and then we checked it again
in New York when they packed it into the
little into the little packet their own
brain our own brains called natural
earth it's certified for pacer and also
it's at the time of the packing it was
bug free so when you if you when you buy
it you'd want to put it in the freezer
right away because in the freezer has
been in the grow but and then but you
know we just took a delivery here this
is where I the closer to pay stuff
quinoa mm-hmm so we should put that
right away and if we right away in the
freezer right right that's nice because
mine is sitting right now in my living
room so we're out there last night when
it came out right so you want to put
that in the freezer when I get home okay
right so basically you want to check
hole they can wear to make sure you
haven't got that now if you look at our
website check for insects comm could you
read that on the check for insects comm
you'll see they're the guidelines that's
our website that's we have that domain
name for in seconds yes it's just a link
that pushes you to the starcade
that's why we purchased them that yes
how many millions do have to pay for
that it's not very popular no it was not
a competition
no it's just it's just a it's a
guidepost it pushes you to those place
on the star care website where we have
our our list of our list of how to check
and there we have the Cynwyd
instructions we have the barley
instructions we have the brown rice
instructions and these are all issues
that you should you should be aware of
makes they want to go you know paleo or
something kind of stay away from all
this green stuff low-carb that's where
it's that mm-hmm okay if you check one
bag in the 30 pound case is the rest
okay
you mean you have one bag out of 30
you're gonna check I have thirty one out
of I guess that's what they have I would
want to check on that suits a lot it is
I'm not sure it's one bag also the other
bags could be different I my I would
lean to say that's not not okay do your
guidelines relate to book checking their
to sell if not can you recommend another
source no our guidelines only apply to
the United States because that's what
we're most familiar with and in Eretz
Israel is usually worse so the bugs are
more prevalent the the climate and other
things affect that as we as we're
discussing and it's worse can I
recommend another source you would find
this one of the Aegean Israeli probably
use really you would go to the Israeli
agencies to get their guidelines on that
okay that's the quinoa let's move on if
there any other questions about any
other topic so feel free please to bring
them up we are gonna move on to the cold
remedies it is called me hold and all
the flu season whose season and I buyer
when was you officially may have mail I
know this is the first this is about as
close as rabbi Goldberg has gotten to me
two weeks
virtually we're like feet apart and he's
got this like you know mask and because
you're sure our listeners I cannot catch
him yes
I can't I can't ensure that my help okay
yeah I just getting over one of these
cold include businesses so Yaakov is
asking is the what's up going around
today that cut onions absorb bacteria
the benefit is I can supposedly heal
people from the flu fever or elder
ailments the downside is that one should
not leave a cut onion for pou long
amount of time even a ziplock bag you
mean illogically well uh okay now
luckily you're not supposed to leave cut
onions overnight that's only if you want
to eat it whether you do this okay let
me I'll try to do you know about this
yes actually it's funny to crazy things
that we've tried when your entire family
has come down with one of these things
then you try anything I'm not sure what
this is talking about exactly but there
is something going around about if you
leave a cut onion alt yeah then it has
some kind of power to absorb all the you
know cooties or whatever it is in here
and the bacteria so that it clears the
air but you're not supposed to eat the
onion afterwards
Chuck the onion right now it's full of
who knows what
right so other words a lot of gas
spective l know about the medical is
that we don't leave cut onions out right
overnight we don't eat them after you
eat this wouldn't be a problem for that
I don't believe so doesn't work yeah
okay alright that anywhere garlic around
your neck and you know vampires I'll
sure ask there was a recent alert
regarding bugs and Rice's that's still
in effect yes yes it's still in effect
and all that information is on that site
that you appointed you to it's it's it's
frustrating because we don't know why
all of a sudden these these issues are
coming up there was some discussion that
in about the kick going back to the
canoe again we found some information
that there was one I told you I think
it's global warming
you think so yeah I think so okay it's
not a political show no we ready to sow
the channel so the quinoa there was a
crop that was grown a large crop a few
years ago 2016 right that was grown and
it was not it was it was it with too
many pesticides that they used and
therefore it didn't pass the organic
inspection okay so it was sent back
whenever they tried to sell it they
couldn't sell it because it wasn't
passing so the rumor is that didn't have
enough bugs no I forgot and I'm nothing
to do with the bugs it had it had too
many pesticides okay so the rumor was a
day we're trying to sell it like little
by little to mix it in with other kinwa
and because it's really old at this
point it's a few years old that's why
the bugs were more prevalent it's fear
see theory that there were no there is a
fact that there was a large amount that
couldn't be sold and it got mixed in
there is that it seems to be true but
whether or not that's the source of the
modes or not we don't know because it's
sitting around and the bugs grew in it
we can't verify anything Jonathan is
asking do the do the onions affect
anything else that is an in in sealed
package of chicken I'm not sure what
that means if you could clarify what you
mean I'm not sure with your question it
unsealed an unsealed pack of chicken
what do you mean I think you might be
asking you if you leave out these onions
yeah if you have an unsealed package of
chicken out you mean in the same room
same fridge something like that I guess
and will that affect his chicken no it's
only a problem to eat to eat these
directly deities on you and not
everybody holds of that issue of not
leaving the onions and the garlic and
the eggs overnight star K does but there
are those who have never heard of it and
because it's not potential color right
on the other post-game so if you're not
heard of it you know and that's your a
minute we're not trying to push you to
it but that these are our policy and
that's illegal unseal the same fridge no
problem
okay so let's talk about the cold the
cold remedies you have something you
want to mention no I just wanted to to
bring up the recommendations that the
star K has for um for throat lozenger
okay in particular I know that a lot of
people like to use the Ricola brand and
we did at one point do a lot of research
into that and and when people call the
office we do recommend certain flavors
of Ricola
unless you want me to know and then
there's a call or email is right and
there's there's another brand that we've
looked into that usually have a
hodgepodge Fisherman's Friend is another
brand that good and Luden's also it
doesn't know you know you want to
actually glutens it hasn't go UD o UD
and the D was always known just to be
dairy equipment right even though I
didn't say it on the label but it was
not really know flicks you could eat it
after meat but not with me because you
probably well you wouldn't do it anyway
right but now I believe I read that
they're losing the D it's going to be
totally parked that's okay well there's
a cause for rejoicing your your Lubin's
with your meat and then if you're really
sick and nothing else is working so then
we say there's no when you do the onion
then you could do the onion yes and you
can also take halls okay all right sorry
labors of walls and super cold certainly
was a super cold that's the ones that
definitely numb your throat so those
don't actually have arch gossip I drop
my heavier in the office right on
through the ingredients and even though
normally we don't need things without
the Heckscher for persons doesn't feel
well you see right then we're more
lenient for that right and I guess the
the worry with with with throat lozenger
it's would be that you actually eating
it yeah
it tastes like something right right
bill says it CVS brand hasn't know you
on there cough drops that's nice that's
good to know that's a good way to save a
little money
josh says something that i want to
comment on you can cover onions garlic
or soak them in oil actually covering
them is not is not sufficient from the
point of view of Allah if you soaked in
an oil that would be
if you made some sort of mixture out of
it like you say see the ads into it yeah
it's something to ideas also salt water
or you make it part of a salad that
would be okay but just covering them
doesn't doesn't work illogically Barbara
says going back to the quinoa so we're
got to keep up okay because organic
farms use less pesticides now there are
more bugs okay but not that's that's
certainly a possibility in general
that's in general true also used to be a
custom to mix contaminated rice sweet
kidding with non contaminated products
of the farmer doesn't lose the whole
crop and maybe that was the problem with
this crop from 2016 is still sitting
around and became became very buggy is
there a list of acceptable cough drops
on the website no we don't have that you
would need to call me because or email
us all right I didn't say our phone
number yet oh 104 eight four four one
one oh and always ask about my buyer
that's my job yeah or you can email us
at info at Starrcade org I'm happy to
answer your questions the busy Passover
season basic is coming up and that's
really really good only February for the
rest of the world it's only February
right well corn is in a few weeks and
the forum is basically for us basis
already on the onions if part of the
peel is on that's yes that's considered
it's considered to be that's a that's
acceptable it doesn't have the problem
of leaving the onions overnight this
part of the peel is on that's what you
who did is asking now one thing I want
to mention is cough medicine cough
medicine often has glycerin in it and
glycerin is something that came from
drops for that matter what do not really
some of them I didn't know that I
haven't seen that okay but the cough
medicine has liquid as far as I know has
glycerin in it and that could
potentially be non kosher so the way
that we that we advise if it has
glycerin is to nullify the glycerin in
there and normally you're not allowed to
nullify something that's
potentially traif but for this because
of a logic reasons we allow it that
information is on our website and you
can look at the reasoning behind it but
we say that if you have a tea for liquid
liquid coffee with medicine cold
medicines right that mmm that have
glycerin so take a teaspoon which is 5
milliliters and put that into two fluid
ounces which is 60 milliliters so it's 1
in 12 and that is enough to nullify the
glycerine that's in there and how is
that enough because our studies show
that the maximum amount of glycerin in
the Coffman is one in five twenty
percent so if that's one in five and you
add one in 12 of water so that comes out
to be 1 in 60 that's how you get to the
one in 60 which is the amount that you
need to nullify because we have two
people are sitting there like okay now
first you rebel yeah so it's just
basically another time hey take a
teaspoon of cough medicine in two fluid
ounces of water and that's the way you
would nullify it and it would be it
would be considered okay to take okay
we had a inquiry that came email someone
wanted to know about the coffee and a
couple of the hot drinks in quick check
well when so this is nothing to do with
the this is a new topic you topic okay
fine perfectly fine house to do with the
winter because it's like hi hot stuff in
the winter okay that's why I thought it
might be a phrase fair enough and quick
check happens to be well-known in New
Jersey you find a lot of those quick
check is similar to 7-eleven you don't
really have it here in Maryland what's
the question
well can you drink the coffee in quick
Chek way or the cappuccino or okay it
has an in in any of these kind of chain
stores we have like the convenience
stores they'll have like a row of
various cappuccinos or hot cocoa or
whatever and the question was can you
can you drink those so I did a little
research into that and it turns out that
they the quick check it's all of
franchises corporation they do use
certified products for those three
mmm now can't guarantee that that's what
you'll have when you get the cappuccino
but that is what you're getting but if
you could you know prevail on the on the
owner to allow you to show you the box
to see the box then you could confirm it
it should have an HK a symbol on it
which is reliable have sure and you can
you can then even you could use that
okay fair enough
okay um Josh wants to know can you
address this stark change is buck
checking it seems people are much
stricter today than when I was growing
up is that due to a change in the mid
seus meaning that there are more bugs or
is it just better education that is a
very good question I think a lot of it
has to do with what was mentioned before
that they were using less pesticides now
so the pest is only that's the main main
reason right yeah right the pesticides
really kept away the bugs and now you're
not using them because of health reasons
it's it's right it's a problem they're
going back let's say 500 years you know
in time you know they were shown him
many vegetables in Europe yeah right
they probably didn't maybe they ate a
lot of cabbage that's really about it
okay so I'm sure that they knew how to
check and they had their own okay I
didn't have the white boxes but I
checked it for a book as a matter of
fact the cost my saw them right Danzig
who lived in something some 1700 so he
says it you should look at everything
before you eat it
even if it's something that doesn't
really need to be checked you should
take a glance at it right so you know
they were always they were always
checking for for bugs okay on the Suzy s
on the subject of glycerin please
discuss toothpaste can any toothpaste be
used okay because that that's the
question has glycerin toothpaste
often has glycerin okay I use the
toothpaste without glycerin I use aim
aim doesn't have any glycerin so why
using that's why I using cheap receivers
oh you're a holy day alright it's also
cheap
it's cheapest I use ultra-bright does it
have much relevance oh okay well I have
to check I use it because it's cheaper
so remaining the means opinion is that
it's not a food toothpaste out of food
and I trying to eat it you spit it out
it's it's that if it has glycerin and it
is okay but he holds it's better to get
something either with a sure which is
not that comment or I guess ad we or to
use something without glycerin and also
there's another type ml Luca has also
under under our house oh really I look
at has some toothpaste I look there's a
is a with the multi-level and if the
battle on their website or from your
local Melaleuca dealer that there are
many from ones in New Jersey especially
okay you know you employ in New York
yeah might as well
and they that's a star K approved okay
mister if you want to avoid the glycerin
you go with the Melaleuca or well they
have legitimate it's cultured Liz right
with you with the ad we or or you can
get one without listener in like
mentioning the aim or other other types
and we can use Colgate and rest assure
that you don't it's long can you'll eat
it and then you should be it's okay
Oaxaca CLE there are other things also
in toothpaste you might want to look out
for polysorbate polysorbate can you
write that polysorbate would also be a
problem sometimes and you wanted you
would want to avoid those because it
also could be non kosher tom's of Maine
is under - gossip do you say that also
would be would be fine
they also we also you often get the
question about the the the white strips
the whitening strips yeah we get that
it's the same thing as it to the breath
strips oh there's like Listerine and
used to have a hot chocolate those are
not the same the the breath strips that
you're actually you're eating them they
need how much in the whitening strips
what happens with them okay never use
them yeah so the breath strips you're
trying to get that flavor into your
mouth and you swallow you're supposed to
swallow it it's part of the part of the
way of eating it that needs a stroke on
it they have a huff cake right mmm the
Listerine breast strips so needed to
have a chef kostow
still has that it's still frozen oh yeah
the the whitening strips
they are like a toothpaste you're not
trying to eat them you know interested
in anyone's you spit it out if you could
that's how it works I've never use them
you know you put on your teeth and it
sort of dissolves but you're not trying
to eat it and there are behind them in
holes that there was also the same like
toothpaste it's better to get something
without the glycerin and polysorbate
which is not so easy not to find but
they do exist but if you wanted use the
ones with the glycerin it would be
acceptable okay so I think we're coming
to the end of our showroom I bought it
because I don't know how many material
no I don't know how much people can
listen to it we get tired okay so we
have a few more questions here let's try
to take some of these some of these
let's go back over here let's see if we
don't get to your question now you more
than welcome to email us and in floyd
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104 eight four four one one Oh
yokka wants to know why check is
different from Starbucks or 7-eleven
that's your forte
yeah because they paid us a lot of money
to say that no just kidding right
just kidding we don't think you are
because god forbid no um it's different
because the Starbucks issue is more
complicated because the drinks that are
that that we at one time recommended at
Starbucks are come from four sources
that we don't know whether they're
kosher or not quick check happens to
have provided us with information so we
happen to know that these things are
kosher alright are you worried about the
coffee container is it the same problem
with being washed with yes I'm not
commenting really on all the coffee per
se the coffee by itself it could
theoretically be the same problem if
you're if they're under no eating habit
and they're cleaning the coffee
equipment together with the non kosher
equipment that's used in the quick check
that would be the same problem that you
have in Starbucks or any number of
convenience store isn't we which one say
you should only drink their coffee on
the road
correct I was just mentioning because
someone has this local quick check and
they asked about it so this I mean I
don't
that machinery gets washed with anything
I think it stays in place if it did so
then he right it would be the same it
would be the same as here so if it stays
in place and it doesn't have the problem
correct so we have to believe in if
you're on the room which is by the way
what how we found it in 7-eleven here
locally in Baltimore that their coffee
equipment is cleaned in place it doesn't
get put together with anything else
that's used in the store memory says
don't eat any leafy greens wow what do
you do on Pesach ok tom's of Maine is it
ok for pacer I don't know but I have not
seen that on a list of acceptable for
basis we'd have to check though you
guide can you please comment on the
status of organic ocean nori which
usually has a star K when found at Whole
Foods and the longest that carries with
it the star K they have the star K it is
a temporary is it a temporary loss of
kashrut status or more permanent loss of
kashrut cells I can't comment on that
particular brand but I can tell you that
we changed our policy and we were only
doing nori with a messiah present at the
time and checking the the the nori to
make sure that doesn't have any sea
creatures so that is likely the reason
why they doesn't have a star K anymore
and there are brands out there that do
have a star K those brands are the ones
that we have we've been there we're
checking so we had a mass get there at
the time of the Dory
a little factoring right or we checked
out the process and they send the
samples we're doing more much more than
we used to allow let's see craft food
products users uses gelatin from bones
on the webpage they say it is refined to
the point that he cannot be
distinguished from gelatin produced in a
laboratory I'm not so convinced Alba is
asking so that's own chart he's talking
about no it's not it's not charge its
gelatin
it's just refined so usually that would
come from pigs and so unless they charge
less they
I think you're talking about the you
know char thing tonight using the sugar
and that's not what she's doing when
she's talking about about gelatin that
you would actually literally like in
jello or something yeah our yogurt
something like that no so that since the
source is since the source is non-kosher
as a source of pigs animal bones aren't
kosher we can't accept it we only
gelatin would be kosher would be from
kosher animals so the fact that they
refined it does not help us I'll crush
your animals that have in processed
entourage Gaza right push I'm with my
man chested right and so on okay
is it okay to drink coffee brewed on an
airplane so we would say it is because
you're on your traveling and you don't
need to be concerned about the washing
of the correct of the behind a man has
told us many times
mm-hmm I'll be saying that gelatin is in
cream cheese right so we would not agree
with not accept that that cream cheese
with the gelatin okay that's the end of
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