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Title: 21st Century Kashrus


1
21st Century Kashrus
2
Agenda
  • Severity of the Prohibition
  • A Historic Outlook
  • Types of Insects
  • Infested Produce Halacha
  • Infested Produce the Facts
  • Pre-washed Vegetables
  • Demonstration

3
Severity of the Prohibition (1)
  • Sheretz Hamayim 4 Laavin
  • Sheretz Haaretz 5 Laavin
  • Sheretz Haof 6 Laavin
  • Makos (16b)
  • WHY?
  • Pri Chadash Y.D. siman 84, end

4
Severity of the Prohibition (2)
  • Timtum Halev
  • Rama Y.D. (81,7)
  • Pri Chadash Y.D. (81, 26)

5
Severity of the Prohibition (3)
  • The prohibition of insects is severe
  • He who upholds the commandment is as if he
  • has upheld the belief in the exodus from
  • Egypt
  • He who denies the commandment is as
  • if he denies the exodus from Egypt
  • (Toras Kohanim)

6
Infestation An Overview
  • History
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ban of DDT
    (June 1972)
  • 1980s brought on an anti-pesticide movement
  • The level of Insect infestation in leafy
    vegetables has increased dramatically since the
    FDA banned several pesticides (US News World
    Report Sept. 1992)

7
Infestation USDA Tolerance
8
Types of Insects Aphids
  • Colors
  • Yellow
  • Gray Green
  • Black
  • Found in
  • Broccoli
  • Cauliflower
  • Berries
  • Others

9
Types of Insects Thrips
  • Colors
  • White or yellowish turning into gray or
    brownish/black
  • Found in
  • Leafy vegetables
  • Cauliflower, Broccoli
  • Scallions, Asparagus
  • Artichoke, Chives
  • Cabbage, Others

10
Types of Insects Spider Mites
  • Colors
  • Yellowish to pale green when immature becoming
    brownish-red
  • Found in
  • Strawberries, Lettuce
  • Celery, Parsley
  • Spinach, Fennel
  • Others

11
Types of Insects Leaf Miner
  • Found in
  • Leafy Vegetables
  • Asparagus
  • Scallions
  • Others

12
Size of Insects Halacha
  • Usually range from .85mm to 3mm
  • Anything that is visible to the naked eye even
    if only recognizable as a bug from under a visual
    tool
  • Poskim

13
Categories of Infestation Halacha
14
Categories of Infestation - Fact
  • Seasonality
  • Globalization

15
Commercially Pre-washed Vegetables
  • Brands Dole, Fresh Express, TA, Bodek,
  • Goldenflow, Eden and more
  • What is the Claim?
  • 1) Effective Cleaning or
  • 2) Usually effectiveReduction of infestation
    levelsDepending on the seasonsetc.

16
Household Cleaning and Checking
  • Methods of Checking
  • 1) The chazakah procedure
  • Shut Rashba (1,274) Bais Yosef Y.D. (84,8)
    Rama, Shach, Pri Megadim ibid. Shut T.T.V. (1,
    123) who all disallow this method under normal
    circumstances for a product that is infested
    (gt10)
  • 2) The soaping procedure
  • Method employed by COR, OU, Kof-K and other
  • reputable kashruth organizations

17
Demonstration
  • Every Vegetable Checker Needs
  • A Light-box
  • Vegetable Wash (Soap)
  • Good Set of Eyes
  • Patience!!
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