What if I see an OU certified product that is missing from both the gray pages (list of items that do not require special Passover certification)?
Aluminum foil and pans are fine.
Candles are fine
Cleansers are fine
Ground coffee is fine
Instant coffee is only ok on grey pages
Detergents are all fine
Fish-on gray pages or also if not other ingredients other than fish, water, and salt.
Dried fruits only when listed explicitly in gray pages
Juices only in gray pages
All raw meat and poultry without other ingredients are fine.
All extra virgin olive oils are fine. Other oils require Passover certification.
All paper and plastic goods are fine
All polishes are fine
All uniodized salt is fine
All scouring pads are fine
All regular granulated sugar is fine
Tea bags only if its regular (NOT decaffeinated). Decaffeinated acceptable only if listed in gray pages.
Instant tea only in gray pages
All plastic utensils are fine
All water fine, the same applies with distilled water.
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Missing from the Grey Pages
Passover Topics
- Mechirat Chometz
- Gebrokts – Not Just a Half-Baked Idea
- Chametz Sheavar Alav haPesach: The Supermarket Controversy
- Getting to Know Your Matzah
- What Could Be Hiding in My Romaine?
- From Grapes to Kosher Wine
- A Question of Kitniyot
- Shiurim: Measures and Minimums
- What is Kitniyot?
- Which Foods are Chametz?
Preparing for Passover
- Kashering for Passover
- Pesach Dieters, Take Note: You Can Have Your Potato—and Eat It, Too!
- The Chef’s Table- Healthy Passover Pleasures
- In Search of a Stress-Free Pesach? Try Calling Your Local Pesach Organizer
- Tevilat Keilim
- Hints for Pesach Cleaning

