Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 ggr 10/28/83; site pyuxmm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!eagle!pyuxmm!rib From: rib@pyuxmm.UUCP (RI Block) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Kosher Meals Message-ID: <508@pyuxmm.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Feb-84 23:04:59 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxmm.508 Posted: Wed Feb 22 23:04:59 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Feb-84 06:20:18 EST References: <1815@cbscc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Piscataway Lines: 32 A Kosher meal is one whose ingredients satisfy at least the following criteria: 1 - No prohibited item is used (more about this later) 2 - No prohibited mixture of permitted items a) meat must be separate from dairy b) fish is not eaten *together* with meat 3 - No contact with non-Kosher vessels (for our purposes liken this condition to sterility. Once a vessel contacts something non-Kosher, it remains non-Kosher until rectified. An additional condition is that the preparation is under the control of someone who is in a position to verify that the "Kosher audit trail" is intact. What ingredients are Kosher? 1 - Fruits & Vegitables (but not the insects that sometimes accompany them) 2 - Meat from permitted animals (chew cud + split hoof) PROVIDED THAT a) the animals were properly slaughtered and inspected b) prohibited fats and sinews are removed c) blood is removed in a manner prescribed by Jewish law 2a - Fowl (very similar conditions to meat) 3 - Milk from permitted animals and dairy products made from that milk 4 - Fish (fins + scales) What constitutes adequite supervision? It depends on the product supervised and how difficult it would be to determine if Kosher integrity was compromised In order of stringency: 1 - Common knowledge of production technique (Sugar/Salt/Tea) 2 - Official (Government) supervision (Milk) 3 - Spot Check (Most non-meat products) 4 - Continuous surveilance (Meat, side-by-side Kosher/Non-Kosher) Note: there is no correlation between Kosher and *jewish* food.