make ammends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WLoJcvdGM

The Brick!

The Brick!!!!


A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door!

Change takes courage

Is all PAPAYA orlah?

All commercially grown Papaya are from trees that are less than 36 months (3 years), therefore they would be Orlah. Vadai-Orlah is ossur even out of eretz yisroel.
There are many or rather mojority of the poiskim say the brucha on papaya is not "ha'eitz" but a Ho'adamah. Orlah is only by a Ha'eitz.

In politics; each one is trying to have his oponent tripped up.

Just a story on the circle of fate...At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS resident Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story:

Tests Reveal Mislabeling of Fish is common.

May 26, 2011-Tests Reveal Mislabeling of Fish-By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

Scientists aiming their gene sequencers at commercial seafood are discovering rampant labeling fraud in supermarket coolers and restaurant tables: cheap fish is often substituted for expensive fillets, and overfished species are passed off as fish whose numbers are plentiful.

Yellowtail stands in for mahi-mahi. Nile perch is labeled as shark, and tilapia may be the Meryl Streep of seafood, capable of playing almost any role.

Wisotsky tea-Is it playing "Russian roulette".

Wisotksy tea makes some of their teas with a Bdatz Mehadrin standard, others without the Bdatz Mehadrin certification.

There are a few serious concerns, a) the identical tea can be with or without the Bdatz Mehadrin certification. b) The Bdatz Mehadrin logo is only on the outsided celophane wrapping, once that's off "you can't know what you have.

Both of the issues are unacceptable to the kosher consumer.

 You should write to Wistosky tea at
oritc@wtea.com

Olive oil adulteration, again & again.

Now imagine a dark underworld of foreign intrigue -- a world where suspicious characters traffic in goods "guaranteed 100 percent pure," and where customs agents stake out exotic ports of call, waiting to seize rusty container ships full of contraband booty.


But this isn't a bad remake of "Scarface." The substance in question? Olive oil, where stories of bribery, raids, seizures and arrests are making headlines all over the world.

Shoichtim & Mashgichim & U.S. Cattle Inspectors Leave Mexico Amid Drug War

Shoichtim, Mashgichim & U.S. Cattle Inspectors Leave Mexico Amid Drug War

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Wearing a grey-felt cowboy hat, long-sleeve ivory-colored shirt and freshly laundered jeans, Dr. Arnoldo Gutierrez begins his daily rounds by walking into a dusty pen baking in the South Texas heat.

For years, these inspections have been conducted before cattle cross the border, but the war raging among drug cartels in Mexico has prompted the U.S. to move some of its operations north. The change, instituted over the past year at three of the 11 ports along the U.S.-Mexico border, is drawing concern from some cattle raisers, who fear infections long eradicated in the U.S. but still showing up in Mexico will spread before inspection.
Federal authorities say the cartel violence necessitated the change, and they have implemented safeguards to ensure that rejected cattle reaching the U.S. won't prompt any outbreaks. "I think it's fair to say that the facilities located in Mexico presented a wide variety of risks and threats, and our employees did not feel safe going to those facilities every day," said U.S. Agriculture Department spokeswoman Lyndsay Cole.

Meat roll netting, what are the issues?

Meat roll netting, what are the issues?
Glycerol is used to grease the threads, which may be from animal origin.
Oleic acid and or cassein which are from dairy.

Minhag Amerika

Minhag Amerika

"Kashrus today is power and money. And unfortunately, it's extremely competitive. Instead of people working together to improve kashrus, everybody tries to get business.......any way shape or ...."

"Politically correct" has gradually become a synonym for hypocrisy and cowardice.

Maggots in mushrooms?

Hamodia's tiny disclaimer "re: issur di'oiraisa" is unacceptable

Hamodia's tiny disclaimer
"re: issur di'oiraisa"
is unacceptable.

Those Fresh Strawberries are all ossur.
All Strawberries are infested including long stem, Driscoll, Jumbos, beauties, etc
We can't believe that Hamodia should allow such a food article in their May 4th, 2011 issue.

Mothers & Heimish pesach margarines-are they the same?

Mothers & Heimish pesach margarines-are they the same?

No they are not, what's the difference?

The Heimish brands have more water, higher price.

BEWARE: Don't buy anything with this kashrus sticker

Even the STAR-K pulled their hashgocha because of infestation.

Don't buy anything distributed by "RS" which is Mr. BROWN.

nor anything from J&R.

Nor with the YOKA or RAPAPORT stickers.

Fish sticks?

Fish sticks are usually made from minced "pollock-fish". Pollock fish is infested with the anisakis worms. Minced is not ground, therefore no brand should be used. That include the brands that have a designated fryer.

BTW- The brand with the designated fryer was not a new fryer, but was kashered.