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New Kashrus Rules for Rum, Tequila

Worth a L'Chaim: The Association of Kashrus Organizations is considering new kosher standards for the tequila, rum and gin. Full Story

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To No. 7
February 11, 2016 10:25 am

Are quoting the same CRC standards that also say that any clear unflavored vodka is ok without a hechsher?
Look at the CRC guidelines for all these mashkes and you will see that the above post is nothing new.
However, people need to be much more careful when it comes to rum, not for the wine cask as much as for the cognac . Also, liqueurs such as Chambord have Cognac in them.

To No. 6
February 10, 2016 3:06 pm

Pretending that it’s all good is not what “Ein machazikin issura” means. You are talking about companies that make so many products, the chances of it being kosher are slim to none. Let’s take Skyy vodka as an example. This product is produced in California. It is then put into a truck and sent to the Wild Turkey plant in the middle of nowhere at least a 3 or 4 day drive away. So you are saying there is no reason to think that the truck that this vodka is gonna sit in for at least half of a week… Read more »

To No. 5
February 10, 2016 10:04 am

The Shulchan Aruch says, “Ein machazikin issura,” which means that Hashem isn’t asking us to assume that something prohibited happened. There are so many “what ifs,” but kashrus is a matter for halacha, not human fantasies. Also, deciding that something has a chance of being prohibited based on assumptions is not a hiddur mitzvah.

In the field
February 10, 2016 1:02 am

This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. How can anyone that actually cares about kashrus say that a processed food item does not need a hechsher. If canned beans, dried figs and diced butternut squash need a hechsher then a product which is cooked, stored, filtered, transported and bottled absolutely needs one. What else was distilled in the same keilim? What else was fermented in the same keilem? What else was stored in those keilim? What else was transported in the same trucks? All of these things take more than 24 hours making them assur through kavush. They… Read more »

To #3
February 9, 2016 10:17 pm

Yes, grain neutral spirits

Passover Gin?
February 9, 2016 5:59 pm

What about Gin for Pesach? Isn’t there something about one of the ingredients that is not kosher for Passover?

Please note
February 9, 2016 5:49 pm

It’s not from a Kashrus agency

Bravo
February 9, 2016 2:00 pm

I find it rare that kashrus organizations say that something doesn’t need hashgocha, and it’s refreshing to hear.

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