'Tis the Season- California celery have leaf miners. Out of 2 cases of celery there were 85 stalks with leaf miners. The Leaf miners are found in the outer darker green stalks. Their tell tale trails is a somewhat wavy translucent trail.
Update: Blueberries were found to be infested regardless from what part of the USA or Canada they originate from. We recently checked with a company that produces Blueberry filling with a hashgocha their process. They use "wild blueberries" ( Cultivated blueberries have somewhat less infestation). They have the Mashgiach check them for infestation (and never found any blueberries that are infested). They cook it with water for a while then add the thickening agent. We were not able to justify using the Blueberry filling.
There was a large fish monger operation in the Boston area under a Hashgocha, but did not have a mashgiach on premises. The Certifier was questioned "how do certify a skinless fish operation without a mashgiach on premises"? He responded that he visits a few times a year and he has a special battery operated WAND that he passes over the tanks of fish, if there are any non kosher fish IT BEEPS!
He was asked how do you know it works? He responded "it never beeped"!!!
New Jersey 39:4-36. a. The driver of a vehicle
shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a
marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except at
crosswalks when the movement of traffic is being regulated by police officers
or traffic control signals, or where otherwise prohibited by municipal, county,
or State regulation, and except where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead
pedestrian crossing has been provided, but no pedestrian shall suddenly
leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a
vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield. Nothing
contained herein shall relieve a pedestrian from using due care for his safety.
The new owners "Shlomo Rechnitz" decided to kosher the entire operation, even though most equipment was not used hot.
