Message From Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb And Rabbi Menachem Genack
Schechita: Setting the Facts Straight
Statement Of Rabbis And Certifying Agencies On Recent Publicity On Kosher Slaughter
As rabbis and certifying agencies involved in the supervision of kosher meat slaughter in the United States, we are deeply concerned that the recent publicity surrounding the videotape released by a group called People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals may lead to misconceptions about the practices depicted on the videotape and, more generally, about […]
OU Joins Aquathin Corp. USA’s Silver Anniversary Celebration
IN 2005 the Aquathin Corp. USA will celebrate its Silver Anniversary,
and among those wishing the firm a Happy Anniversary is the Orthodox Union, given the close working relationship they share.
Impulse First Kosher Energy Drink
Impulse Energy Drinks are the first in its category to have OU Certification.
OU Conference Explores The Traditions Of Rare Kosher Animals & Birds
What do American buffalo, giraffes, sparrows and grasshoppers have in common? They were all featured at an Orthodox Union conference in May on the traditions of kosher meat. An attendance numbering in the hundreds filled the auditorium of Lander College for Men in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, NY to learn about the traditions (mesorah) of […]
Kosherfest 2004 Brings Many Visitors To OU Booth
Kosherfest 2004, the sixteenth annual kosher food and foodservice trade show, took place at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 26 and 27.
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Most of us (with the possible exception of some of our more junior associates) did not, as children, have high fructose corn syrup in our foods. But as frequent visitors to food production plants around the country it has been hard not to notice that high fructose corn syrup has quickly become the primary sweetener […]
Peanut Butter I
A exploration of peanut butter and its (sticky) Kosher concerns
Peanut Butter II: Standard Of Identity
For Part 1 click here In the early 1920’s a young American entrepreneur named James Rosefield, seeking to overcome the troubling problem of oil separation in peanut butter, took advantage of a new development in oil chemistry, called hydrogenation, in which he squeezed a fraction of peanut oil out of peanuts, hydrogenated the oil, and […]
New York City Tap Water Statement
Official statement about OU policy with regard to NYC tapwater
