The following Passover allergy alert is from a reader on April 7, 2010.
Kestenbaum's Oat Matzos came in Gluten-Free and non-Gluten-Free varieties. The packages look alike, however the gluten-free variety says Gluten Free on the package and the variety containing gluten says oat flour (contains gluten).
The following is a list of stores where chometz can be purchased after Pesach from Star-K and the Denver Vaad and the Detroit Koshergram and other information obtained by the editor posted on April 4, 2010.
- National Stores
- A&P
- Acme
- Albertsons
- BJ's
- CVS
- Costco
- Family Dollar Stores
- Food Lion
- Giant
- K-Mart
- Mars
- Petco
- Petsmart
- Rite-Aid
- Royal Farms
- Safeway
- Sam’s Discount Warehouse
- Shaw's
- Shoppers Food Warehouse
- Stop & Shop
- Superfresh
- Target
- Trader Joe’s
- Walgreens
- Walmart
- Wegman's
- Whole Foods
- Winn-Dixie
- Stores in Baltimore, MD
- A-Z Savings
- Cocoaccinos
- Dugan’s Liquor
- Dunkin Donuts (1508 & 7000 Reisterstown Road)
- 7-Eleven (Fords Ln, Hooks Ln, Old Ct Rd, Reisterstown Rd north of Slade Ave)
- Savings Center (4003 Seven Mile Lane)
- Seven Mile Market
- Sunsplash
- Village Liquors
- Stores in Denver
- 7-11
- Amusmints
- Auerbach’s Kosher Foods
- Bonnie Brae Ice Cream
- Crystal Kosher Cuts
- Dining with Finesse
- East Side Kosher Deli
- Grapevine Wines and Liquor
- Hammond’s Candies
- King Soopers
- Millenson Catering
- Mont Blanc Gourmet Hot Cocoa
- Occasions by Sandy
- Old Fashioned Bavarian Bakery
- Pete’s
- Robinson Dairy
- Rocky Mountain Foods
- Rocky Mountain National Laboratories
- Rocky Mountain Spice
- Shalom Park
- Singer Catering
- Sweets Candy
- The Bagel Store
- The Liege Waffle Factory
- Udi’s Granola
- Detroit
- All COR certified establishments
- Aldi
- Farm Fresh
- Fruitasia
- GFS (Gordon Food Service)
- K-Mart
- Kroger
- Meijer
- Nutrifoods
- One Stop Kosher Market
- Randazzo
- Save-A-Lot 11 & Greenfield and 9 & Woodward
- Westborn
Ed. note: This list will be updated as more information is received. Check with your own rabbi for local information.
An announcement on April 2, 2010 concerning Glick's Passover potato chips by Rabbi Avrohom Tzvi Halevy Glick and Rabbi Moshe Elefant of the Orthodox Union is posted at www.kashrut.com/Passover/PAlerts/glick.pdf.
The following Passover alert is from editor on March 29, 2010.
Charles Chocolates is advertising Chocolates for Passover. These products are NOT certified as kosher or kosher for Passover.
The following Passover information is from Rabbi Gruber on March 29, 2010.
Rumors on the internet are not substantiated. Shufra Cocoa is kosher for Passover.
The following revised Passover alert is from the Kof-K on March 28, 2010.
A production of Kosher for Passover 12oz cans and 1 liter bottles of Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Dr Brown's Black Cherry Soda included high fructose corn syrup in the ingredient legend. The products were manufatured with kosher for passover invert syrup under constant rabbinical supervision and are certified kosher for passover by the KOF-K. Most fo the cans indicate on the bottom "MADE WITH SUGAR".
The following Israeli Passover alert is from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate and translated by Jerusalem Kosher News on March 23, 2010.
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate announced that the following shmura matzos list fraudulent rabbinic supvision and are not kosher for Passover.
- Matzot Mehadrin, supervision by Harav Yitzchak Amrabi and Badatz Beit Yosef
- Mitzvah Shmurah leLev Rachav or Beit Izzi Shapiro supervision by Rav Dov Lior and Badatz Yoreh De'ah.
Ed. note: A correction to the previous alert from the Chief Rabbinate (translated by : Beit Issie Shapiro is not in any way connected to the fraudulent matzot as was reported in the earlier bulletin and the fact the institute's name appears on those matzot appears to be from the fact those responsible copied boxes from earlier years.
Information on Quinoa
The following Passover alert is from the COR on March 3, 2010.
Biased on current information the COR is not recommending quinoa with the COR 541 for pesach even to those that do use quinoa.
The following revised information is from a reader's observation and posted on March 28, 2010.
Trader Joes Quinoa is useable for Passover when bearing a Half-Moon K or Star-K. Trader Joes Quinoa in West Cost stores is from a different company. This is an OU certified plant that also does chometz. The West Coast Trader Joes Quinoa package is shown here. This package also bears a wheat allergen notice.
Ed. note: A small amount Trader Joes Quinoa in Midwest and East Coast bears an OU. This product does not bear any allergin notice.
The following Passover notice is from the Streit's on March 22, 2010.
Plain Streit's quinoa with the code of PD 34809 is kosher for Passover even without Passover certification (for people who eat kitniot). Other codes are not kosher for Passover.
The following Passover alert is from the Star-K on March 26, 2010.
Various varieties of Ungers peppers were mislabeled with packaging stating that it may be used for Passover. The vinegar is kitniyos and the peppers are not kosher for Passover.
The following kashrus and Passover alert is from the Rabbinical Council of New England on March 25, 2010.
We have been informed that both Stop and Shop and Shaw's are distributing free shank bones. Please be advised that these bones are NOT certified as kosher.