HERE WE GO AGAIN…

This bit from the RCC just came in via Rabbi Eidlitz’s email updates.

“Vegetables – Frozen – we are in full enforcement of our Bodek only policy for frozen broccoli, cauliflower and spinach. Though there was resistance to the change, it died down quickly. We contacted Bodek to discuss the high price of the product and are currently negotiating to allow for bulk packaging of the product in 20 pound boxes to reduce cost to our vendors.”
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Nu, zug mir eppes- is one OU certified vegetable better than all the other OU certified vegetables? That remains the question of the hour. We have raised this issue before, and we raise it again. We remind our readers of a certain take out store that was told to only use Bodek and when they protested that they only use OU certified veggies from another company, the local Vaad insisted that they change. The store owner told the rep from the vaad that they would deduct the added cost for Bodek from their fee to the local vaad. Funny how the vaad changed their mind so fast!

Things like this really irk us. If there are two or three equally kosher products available and ALL of them are certified by the SAME national organization, why is one better than the others? It seems to me that when a rabbinical body makes that kind of statement they are guilty of speaking ill of the OU. Or is it a matter of something else that we are missing?

Further more, we love the RCC’s comment, “Though there was resistance to the change, it died down quickly.” Yup, and we are the pope! We also have a few bridges to sell. And elevator passes for the yeshiva kids…… That one is just too good to be taken on face value.

Sigh, it just never seems to end.