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The OK holds an annual Mashgichim conference at the Jewish Children's Museum. [9] In 2014, OK Kosher won the rights to the .kosher domain name. [10] In 2015, Kehilla Kosher from Los Angeles merged with OK Kosher. [11] The agency often expands its supervision of restaurants, mainly located in New York. [12]
Orthodox Union Kosher, known as OU Kosher or OUK, is a kosher certification agency based in New York City.It was founded in 1923 by Abraham Goldstein. It is the certification agency of about 70% of kosher food worldwide, and is the largest of the "Big Five" major certification agencies, which include OK, Kof-K, Star-K, and CRC.
Various Kosher symbols on a package of Kosher meat A rabbi searching for scales on the skin of a swordfish in Tétouan, Morocco. A mashgiach (Hebrew: משגיח, lit. "supervisor"; pl. משגיחים , mashgichim) or mashgicha (pl. mashgichot) is a Jew who supervises the kashrut status of a kosher establishment.
A kosher certification agency is an organization or certifying authority that grants a hechsher (Hebrew: הכשר, "seal of approval") to ingredients, packaged foods, beverages, and certain materials, as well as food-service providers and facilities in which kosher food is prepared or served.
Kosher certification is available around the world and throughout the year, including Passover supervision. The cRc is also involved in community relations, funeral standards, legislative issues, youth education, and other activities benefiting the Jewish and general communities.
Other hechsher include: OK Kosher Certification based in Brooklyn, New York, Star-K based in Baltimore, Maryland, EarthKosher Kosher Certification Agency with offices in Colorado, New York and Israel, the logo of both the Johannesburg and Cape Town Beth Din used in South Africa, MK Va'ad Ha'ir [10] based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and The ...
Triangle K is a kosher certification agency under the leadership of Rabbi Aryeh R. Ralbag. It was founded by his late father, Rabbi Yehosef Ralbag. [1] The hechsher is a letter K enclosed in an equilateral triangle.
Kosher Supervision of America is a not-for-profit Kashrut organization based in Los Angeles, California, United States which was certified to operate as of January 31, 1996. [1] Its primary purpose is to certify food as kosher. The Kashrus Administrator is Rabbi Binyomin Lisbon.