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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.
The largest kosher certification agencies in the United States, known as the "Big Five", certify more than 80% of the kosher food sold in the US. [9] These five agencies are the OU, OK, KOF-K, Star-K, and CRC. [10] While the OU, OK, Kof-K, and Star-K have deep international reach, there are kosher agencies on all six habitable continents.
Magen Tzedek, originally known as Hekhsher Tzedek, (Hebrew: מגן צדק English translation Shield of Justice or Justice Certification, with variant English spellings) is a complementary certification for kosher food produced in the United States in a way that meets Jewish Halakhic (legal) standards for workers, consumers, animals, and the environment, as understood by Conservative Judaism.
Star-D symbol as found on certified products. Star-K Kosher Certification, [1] also known as the Vaad Hakashrut of Baltimore (Hebrew: ועד הכשרות דבאלטימאר), is a kosher certification agency based in Baltimore, Maryland, [2] under the administration of Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, with the involvement of many other rabbis. [3]
Civil laws regarding kashrut (Jewish religious standards, mainly concerning food) are found in several countries.Advertising standards laws in many jurisdictions prohibit the use of the phrase "kosher" in a product's labelling, unless it can be shown that the product conforms to Jewish dietary laws; however, the legal qualifications for conforming to Jewish dietary laws are often defined ...
B&H Dairy Sign (top center) for Ratner's, Lower East Side, Manhattan (c. 1928. A Jewish dairy restaurant, Kosher dairy restaurant, [1] [2] dairy lunchroom, dairy deli, milkhik or milchig restaurant is a type of generally lacto-ovo vegetarian/pescatarian kosher restaurant, luncheonette or eat-in diner in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, particularly American Jewish cuisine and the cuisine of New York ...
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Kosher by ingredient is an approach to observing the laws of kashrut that determines whether a food is kosher or not based on ingredient, rather than by the presence of a hechsher. This approach has fallen out of favor with Orthodox Jews , but is practiced by many Conservative Jews as well as by some Reform Jews and Reconstructionist Jews .