Thursday, November 27, 2014
Kashrus Alert: Update: PINEAPPLE infested beyond the brown parts
Update: Kashrus Alert:
PINEAPPLE (Costa-Rica) was found to be infested with mealy bugs
beyond the brown parts!
Therefore at this time Pineapple should not be used including canned pineapple.
Older alert on pineapple
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Kashrus alert: Honeydew honey is not kosher- Some honey processors produce both in the same facility, and it is heated. Beware when buying honey, etc in health food stores.
Honeydew Honey- is not permitted, as it's an extraction from other insects, it does not become permitted just because the bee collected it.
"Honeydew" is a classification of honey that refers to honey produced by honeybees collecting nectar that is exuded from another insect such as an aphid or scale insect. It is quite common in a number of countries and the best known is honeydew from the Black Forest in Germany. World wide honeydew can be referred to variously as "forest honey", "Pine honey", "Fir honey" etc. and may sometimes be referred to by the specific species of tree producing the honeydew.
Sunday, November 09, 2014
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Saturday, November 01, 2014
olive oil shortage= adulteration fraud big time
Shortage of Olive Oil
Predicted
This
year's harvest appears to be twenty percent lower than last year
October
20, 2014
Harvest
reports from the major olive growing areas around the world indicate a
significantly smaller crop in 2014, and combined with the steady growth in
demand for Extra Virgin Olive Oil, the news has experts expressing concern
about a shortage of top quality olive oil. This year's harvest of 2.56 million
tons appears to be about twenty percent lower than last year's, and more
important, falls well below the 3 million tons consumed last year.
"As with all agricultural products,
olives and olive oil are subject to the whims and vagaries of nature,"
says Ann Sievers of Il Fiorello Olive Oil Company, who makes olive oil for some
of the top names in the Napa Valley. "Here in Northern California, there
are many concerns not only about the size of the crop but also the constant
issue of the olive fly. It looks like our harvest will be just a bit below last
year."
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