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March 23, 2021 from the OU:

Orwashers All Baked Goods, Orwashers, NY NY has an unauthorized OU P:
The Orthodox Union does not certify Orwashers Bakery, or any packaged baked goods with the Orwashers label. Some baked products are packed in containers with an unauthorized OU P symbol. Corrective actions are being implemented.

Sugar

• March 21, 2021 from COR Detroit: BROWN SUGAR requires Pesach certification or Pesach approval. Brown sugar that bears the Vaad Harabbonim’s K-COR symbol, such as Big Chief and Pioneer brands, is not acceptable for Pesach.
  Other brands in the Michigan area that bear the K-COR symbol, such as Kroger and Baker’s Corner [Aldi] brands, are also not acceptable for Pesach. The listing of these two brands on page 74 of the OU Pesach Guide refers only to Kroger and Baker’s Corner brands in areas where they bear an OU symbol.
• February 22, 2021: From the Vaad of Buffalo responding to a question from the editor: All BVK certified brown or plain sugars are fine for Pesach even without a "P".
• From the OU Passover Section:
  White Granulated Sugar and Brown Sugar: White granulated sugar and brown sugar are approved for Passover when bearing an OU symbol.

Sugar Substitutes

• From the OU Passover Section:
  The following sugar substitutes are available with an OU-P or OU Kosher for Passover:
  • Gefen Nutrataste Gold Sweetener (sucralose)
  • Gefen Sweet’N Low
  
  Although Splenda brand sucralose is found in OU-P products, it is not available for consumers.

March 21, 2021 from the COR Detroit (corrected:

BABY / CHILDREN PRODUCTS: For the convenience of our readers, we list here a summary of some commonly used Baby / Children products approved for Pesach by Rabbi Bess and Star-K or other reliable sources::

• Advil Children’s Junior Strength Coated Tablets
• Bayer Children’s Aspirin
• Benadryl Children’s Allergy liquid and Dye-Free liquid - all flavors
• Benadryl Children’s Allergy chewable tablets - Grape
• Motrin Infants’ Drops - All flavors
• Motrin Children's Suspension - All flavors
• Sudafed PE Children's Nasal Decongestant - Berry
• Sudafed PE Children's Cold & Cough - Grape
• Tylenol Infants’ Suspension - All flavors
• Tylenol Children's Suspension - All flavors
• MiraLax Powder

March 17, 2021 from Rabbi Hamaoui:

"In response to inquiries from the local Rabbis and community members, I would like to clarify that all 'Passover' items being sold at the Blacker’s Bakeshop are strictly Kosher under our Hashgacha. However, the bakery is not Kashered for Passover. Hence these items are not certified for Pessah. When ordering online you will see the notice on every item 'We use Kosher for Passover ingredients, but we do not kasher the bakery for Passover (since we close), please keep this in mind when ordering.'"

Ed. note: This is part of a bigger problem of establishments advertising products for Passover that are not certified for Passover or also not kosher.

March 18, 2021 from the ORB:

Please be advised that the following meats purchased before March, 18 2021 at Winn Dixie Aventura in the deli section are NOT KOSHER FOR PASSOVER:

• Shor Habor’s 1st cut Beef Brisket Pastrami
• Shor Habor’s 1st cut Corn Beef Brisket

Corrective action has been taken. All deli meats sold at Winn Dixie Aventura are currently Kosher for Passover.