OU And The Kosher World Show: Working Together To Help You Maximize Your Kosher Investment
Once again this year the Orthodox Union is pleased to be a sponsor of the Kosher World Conference and Expo, to be held March 23-24 at the Anaheim (CA) Convention Center. This event is the only kosher trade show on the West Coast, and will be the cornerstone of the new World Ethnic Market. The show will provide you, the OU client, with an exciting platform to not only demonstrate your kosher certification, but to reach out in a fertile cross-marketing environment to a broad base of strongly motivated and focused retail and specialty buyers.
OU To Be Represented At Winter Fancy Food Show
The Orthodox Union, the world’s largest Kosher certification agency, will be represented in San Francisco at the upcoming Winter Fancy Food Show. The show will take place from Sunday, January 22 through Tuesday, January 24 at the Moscone Convention Center.
At Corzine Inauguration, OU’s Rabbi Genack Delivers Benediction
Rabbi Menachem Genack of Englewood, Chief Executive Officer of the Orthodox Union’s worldwide Kosher Division, delivered the Benediction today at the Inaugural ceremony for Governor Jon S. Corzine in Trenton. Rabbi Genack served on the Governor-Elect’s transition team for the Department of Corrections, the second largest item in the New Jersey budget. The group was charged with reviewing the Department to make it more efficient and effective and to stem the tide of recidivism affecting the former prison population.
In addition to his Orthodox Union position, which makes him one of the foremost authorities on Jewish dietary law, and in which he administers the world’s largest kosher agency, which certifies over 400,000 products produced in nearly 5,000 plants located in 83 countries, Rabbi Genack serves as the spiritual leader of Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Englewood, an Orthodox Union member congregation.
So You Hate Regulatory Paperwork? The OU Comes To The Rescue
Everyone, it seems, hates regulatory paperwork. So here is some good news: the Orthodox Union is now available to help your company comply with the Kosher laws of New York State and New Jersey.
OU Certification Suits Sri Lanka Company To A Tea
Tea is a traditional industry in Sri Lanka, which took root in the late 18th century when Sri Lanka was a British colony better known as Ceylon. Today, tea manufacturing and exporting is one of the largest industries there. Heritage Teas Premium Services (Pvt) Ltd is one of the leading exporters of high quality teas from Sri Lanka, with a global customer base extending over 35 countries.
And OU Tea From Argentina Too
When a company decides to sell its products worldwide and therefore needs to improve its quality standards, and if the company is from Argentina, a good product or attractive packaging are not sufficient. At Heredia, we knew that the OU symbol would assure that our company’s standards would be acceptable everywhere.
“In The Bag”: Kosher Certification Of Bagged Salad
One of the great conveniences today enjoyed by the food consumer is bagged fresh salads. Washed, mixed, and nicely packaged, these products eliminate the annoyance of salad preparation and are just waiting to grace one’s table. However, nowadays even seemingly innocuous products must require kosher supervision. Bagged fresh salads are not immune to this phenomenon, as Rabbanim Hamachshirim and kosher agencies face the challenge of certifying these products as insect-free.
The New China: Booming Economy, Growing OU Presence
Approximately twenty-five years ago, the Chinese government decided to remake the country. China was up to that point a completely Stalinist-Maoist economy, wallowing in poverty, despite the fact that it is the world’s third largest country, blessed with various climates and abundant natural resources.
The China Syndrome: Products Help To Fuel Giant Economic Growth
There is no doubt that anyone who has visited China in the last decade as a tourist or businessman has seen the unbelievable growth taking place in every phase of the Chinese economy, save for population. (As of this writing the population is holding at approximately 1.3 billion people.) Like any other industry in China, the food industry is hardly an exception. When numbers are spoken about in China they are not in terms of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, but rather in terms of millions and billions.
What happens When A Question Of Jewish Law Goes To The OU’s Poskim
The process of certifying an item as OU kosher is based entirely on halacha – Jewish law. OU RC’s (Rabbinic Coordinators) and RFR’s (Rabbinic Field Representatives) are of course well versed in halacha and apply Jewish law in all aspects of the certification process. During the course of their work, however, when unique situations arise with no clear cut answer or precedent to halachic questions, rabbis in the field and their coordinators in New York have a mighty resource to call on – OU poskim, or experts at the highest levels in Jewish law. The following is a case study on how OU poskim make their decisions, and on the dynamic process which is involved in their deliberations. For this case study, we must travel all the way to Australia, home of a dairy company named Murray Goulburn.
