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Consumer Alerts and Advisories
The Following OU Kosher Advisories and Alerts were released by the Orthodox Union’s Kosher Division on the date indicated.
Please remember to always check the label before purchasing any item that needs Kosher certification!
Consumer Alerts
Kosher Alerts RSS FeedJune 30, 2004
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San Joaquin Valley Nuts
- Brands:
- San Joaquin Valley
- Products:
- Almonds Butter Toffee, Almonds Chile Lemon, Pistachios Chile Lemon, Pistachio & Berry Mix, Almonds Cinnamon Honey, Autumn Mix, Almonds Cappuccino, Mixed Nuts Roasted & Salted, Almonds Orange Honey, Pistachios Southwest Hickory, Almonds Mocha, Cashews Honey Roasted.
- Company:
- San Joaquin Valley Farms LLC Tulare, CA
- Issue:
- Products are certified as OU-D but the dairy designation has been inadvertently omitted. Future packaging will be revised.
June 28, 2004
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Dainty-Pak Cream of Coconut Cocktail Mix
- Brands:
- Dainty-Pak
- Products:
- Cream of Coconut Cocktail Mix
- Company:
- Veronica Foods, Oakland, CA
- Issue:
- This product, primarily sold in Big Lots stores, bears an unauthorized symbol and is not certified as kosher by the Orthodox Union. The product is being withdrawn from the marketplace.
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Cream of Coconut Cocktail Mix
- Brands:
- Sysco Imperial
- Products:
- Cream of Coconut Cocktail Mix- (16.5 and 51 fluid oz.) Sysco Vendor # 003665
- Company:
- Sysco Corp., Houston, TX
- Issue:
- This product bears an unauthorized OU symbol and is not certified as kosher by the Orthodox Union. The product is being withdrawn from the marketplace.
June 25, 2004
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Fould’s Macaroni and Cheese
- Brands:
- Fould's
- Products:
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Company:
- Fould's, Inc.
- Issue:
- Product is OU-D. Dairy designation was omitted.
June 24, 2004
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Chocolate Mint Bar
- Brands:
- Carbolite
- Products:
- Chocolate Mint Bar
- Company:
- Carbolite Food Inc., Evansville, IN
- Issue:
- Product is certified as OUD, but the dairy designation has been inadvertently omitted. Packaging has been revised.
June 17, 2004
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Assorted varieties tuna fish products
- Brands:
- Greenseas
- Products:
- Assorted varieties tuna fish products
- Company:
- H.J. Heinz- Australia
- Issue:
- Tuna products manufactured by this company are kosher when bearing the OU symbol on the product label. Some varieties of non-certified tuna, distributed in Australia, had the OU symbol placed on the cardboard shipping cartons. The OU symbol does not appear on the individual cans, and product contained in these cartons should not be considered certified.
June 16, 2004
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Yves Veggie Cuisine, Delta, BC, Canada
- Brands:
- Yves Veggie Cuisine
- Company:
- Yves Veggie Cuisine, Delta, BC, Canada
- Issue:
- Due to changes in production, OU certified products are now dairy and bear an OUD. Existing inventory bearing only an OU, are certified as pareve.
June 07, 2004
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Royal Caribbean Cruises
- Company:
- Royal Caribbean Cruises
- Issue:
- Royal Caribbean Cruises has included the OU symbol in it’s literature as well as claims that the Weberman’s Frozen meals served are OU certified. The Orthodox Union does not certify Royal Caribbean or Weberman’s Frozen Meals.
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Hidden Valley
- Products:
- The Original Ranch Salad Dressing Mix
- Company:
- The Clorox Sales Co., Oakland, CA
- Issue:
- Product is certified as OU-D but the dairy designation has been inadvertently omitted. Future packaging will be revised.
May 28, 2004
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Albertson’s Food & Drug , 1425 Tuskawilla Road, Winter Springs, FL
- Products:
- Assorted deli and fresh fruit items
- Issue:
- The Albertson’s store named above inadvertently, and for a short period of time, placed the OU symbol on product packaged in it’s deli and fresh fruit department. The products have been withdrawn.
