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WARNING WILL ROBINSON, WARNING!

Posted on August 21, 2008

•Oreo Fudge Rings Brands: Oreo Products: Fudge Rings Company: Kraft Foods- East Hanover, NJ Issue: Oreo Cookies are certified OU kosher. Nabisco is introducing a new variety of Oreo brand Cookies, Oreo Fudge Rings, which are currently not certified kosher. Please note that the Oreo Fudge Rings label does not bear the OU symbol.

KOSHER STORES IN FRANCE DECLINING IN NUMBER

Posted on August 20, 2008

This story appeared in this week’s edition of Kosher Today: Kosher Paris in decline as more Jews leave Paris…One of Europe’s busiest kosher strips is slowly succumbing to decline. At one point, the rue des Rosiers was a kosher haven with many bakeries, restaurants, and food stores. But of late, some of the stores have Continue Reading »

HOW LOW CAN WE SINK AS CONSUMERS?

Posted on August 19, 2008

A non kosher pasta sauce company has just announced pasta sauce in a microwavable bag. The product is being touted as saving time and energy. You just pop the bag in the microwave and poof! ninety seconds later you have hot sauce ready to pour over your pasta. Imagine the time savings!! No more dragging Continue Reading »

HOW TO NOT GAIN 2.7 POUNDS

Posted on August 18, 2008

From QSR Newsletter Menu Labeling Could Help Adults Lose Weight 2008-08-14 — According to a paper released today by the University of California’s Center for Weight and Health, new research shows that California adults could avoid gaining 2.7 pounds a year if calories were posted on fast-food menu boards statewide. The analysis combines findings from Continue Reading »

MOST ADULTS SAY STARBUCKS COFFEE IS OVERPRICED

Posted on August 15, 2008

Most Adults Say Starbucks is Overpriced Monday, August 11, 2008 Seventy-three percent (73%) of adults say Starbucks Coffee is overpriced. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 6% disagree. In July, the coffee chain behemoth announced it will be closing 600 of its stores nationwide in 2009, 11 of which are located Continue Reading »

LIQUID VIAGRA FOR LADIES???

Posted on August 14, 2008

WARNING: WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS A KOSHER PRODUCT OR EVEN IF IT NEEDS HASHGACHA There is a new specialty drink in town. NEXCITE is a specialty drink for women. The sea blue colored drink comes in a cobalt blue bottle from Sweden. The drink contains guarana, ginseng, mate, schizandra, caffeine and damiana. Continue Reading »

HOT DOGS WITH CABBAGE AND APPLES

Posted on August 13, 2008

Hot dog recipe with cabbage and apples. Cook Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: * 1 small head cabbage, shredded * 2 tart apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored, and sliced * 2 tablespoons margarine * 1 1/2 teaspoons salt * 1/2 teaspoon pepper * 8 ounces hot dogs, cut in 2-inch pieces * water * Continue Reading »

SEVEN WEEKS TO ROSH HASHANAH

Posted on August 12, 2008

Now that Tisha B’Av has passed, as of this shabbat, we will have but seven weeks until Rosh Hashanah! Seems sort of strange to bring this up now, but there is a method to our madness! Kosher meat has recently sent new records for astronomical prices. Worse still, the meat itself tends to not be Continue Reading »

THIS JUST IN………

Posted on August 11, 2008

From the London Beit Din: Chivas Brothers Lochan Ora Liqueur, listed as approved and Parev on p.120 of THE REALLY JEWISH FOOD GUIDE 2008, has recently changed formulation and is now Not Kosher. Shemitta Update Number 8 has now been posted on our website. Click on http://www.kosher.org.uk/shemittaalert.htm to view.

Dark Meat Op-ed

Posted on August 7, 2008

From the Aug 6, 2008 edition of the New York Times, an op-ed piece: Op-Ed Contributor Dark Meat Washington ACCORDING to the Jewish calendar we are now in the month of Av, a period of increasingly intense mourning that culminates with a total fast on the Ninth of Av, which this year coincides with Sunday, Continue Reading »