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At Last, the UDB Becomes a Reality by Rabbi Yaakov Luban winter 2006 behind the Reaching 6,000 Food Executives & Over 6,000 Plants Worldwide nion Usymbol A WATERSHED EVENT IN KOSHER SUPERVISION: At Last, The UDB Becomes A Reality By Rabbi Yaakov Luban Here is a short quiz to test your understanding of the modern world of kosher supervision. WHAT DO THESE THREE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON? 1. Steam engines 2. Automobiles 3. The OU Universal A PUBLICATION FOR CERTIFIED COMPANIES Data Base (UDB) If you guessed that the OU Data Base runs on steam generated from car engines, you did not choose the correct answer. continued on page 8 behindnion the U symbol From the Editor winter 2006 ESTLÉ, GENERAL MILLS, Coca-Cola, Hanover,Walker’s – these KASHRUT DIVISION are names of renowned OU certified food industry leaders we have become accustomed to seeing featured on our Behind the RABBI MENACHEM GENACK Rabbinic Administrator / CEO Union Symbol covers.This issue will stand out, however, because rather than having another of the thousands of companies cer- RABBI MOSHE ELEFANT tified by the Orthodox Union adorning our first page, UDB – Universal Kosher Executive Rabbinic Coordinator / COO N Director, New Company Department Database, a new system revolutionizing the way OU Kosher is to be processed and administered from here on – has that honor. RABBI YAAKOV LUBAN We deem this new, easy to use, accessible resource for finding kosher Executive Rabbinic Coordinator approved ingredients so very important and relevant for our thousands of OU RABBI DR. ELIYAHU SAFRAN certified plants that we forego our front cover feature to instead feature UDB, Senior Rabbinic Coordinator Vice President, Communicatons and Marketing which will undoubtedly positively and regularly impact and ease the way you administer your kosher program. RABBI YERACHMIEL MORRISON You will now be able to effi- RABBI ABRAHAM JURAVEL ciently breeze through the task of Ingredient Approval Registry adding new ingredients to your RABBI HOWARD KATZENSTEIN Schedule A by simply cutting and Director, Business Management pasting from UDB to email. Rabbi Yaakov Luban, OU’s Executive Rabbinic Coordinator, STEPHEN J. SAVITSKY Chairman, Joint Kashrut Commission highlights this historic achieve- ment in his cover feature, while Ali RABBI EMANUEL HOLZER Chairman, Rabbinic Kashrut Commission all of us at ou kosher Myers of our MIS Dept. augments the article with simplified user- are thrilled that our friendly UDB instructions. All of daily interaction with our us at OU Kosher are thrilled that ORTHODOX UNION our daily interaction with our cer- STEPHEN J. SAVITSKY tified companies will be consider- President certified companies will ably eased, even as we await your RABBI DR. TZVI HERSH WEINREB Executive Vice President be considerably eased. feedback and further suggestions. This issue includes yet DAVID OLIVESTONE another feature. We usually profile individual rabbinic coordinators or rabbinic Director, Communicatons and Marketing field representatives serving and servicing our OU clients through their meticu- lous and skilled work at our OU world headquarters in New York City, or through their energetic and tireless service in the field throughout the United BEHIND THE UNION SYMBOL States and in more than 80 countries worldwide.This issue highlights and pro- RABBI DR. ELIYAHU SAFRAN files two gentlemen and scholars whose combined history virtually spans the Editor–in–Chief unfolding of OU Kosher’s long history of revolutionizing the methods and STEPHEN STEINER Editor approach of certifying food as kosher in the United States and around the world. Rabbis Chaim Goldzweig of Chicago, IL and Sholom Lifchetz of New PAMELA WEIMAN Graphic Designer York predate websites, emails, faxes, palm pilots and blackberries. They plowed through the trenches with pens, pencils, pads, extraordinary commitment, WE WELCOME integrity,insight and foresight.They both believed with perfect faith that the OU YOUR COMMENTS would enable the world’s kosher community to become independent, sophisti- & CONTRIBUTIONS cated, service-oriented and uncompromising in its standards, even as it sought to fax understand and identify with the companies’ business goals.That is why both the 212.613.0775 Goldzweig and Lifchetz names have become synonymous with OU Kosher, e–mail integrity, friendship, responsiveness, responsibility and humanity. [email protected] I feel privileged, as do hundreds of others who have crossed their paths, to consider them both as mentors. Our hearts are filled with prayer that they con- tinue to productively and dynamically lead, guide, and inspire all of us for many CORRECTION good and healthy years to come. The article about NOVOZYMES featured in the Fall 2005 edition contains an error. NOVOZYMES’ Best regards, annual sales are approximately $1,000 million (not $100 million). We apologize for the mistake. Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Safran “If you want to be sure that your electrical appliance won’t catch fire, look for the Underwriters Laboratories seal. If you want to know if your food is kosher, you can look for the Orthodox Union’s OU Symbol.” rerinted by permission of forbes magazine ©2006 forbes inc. WINTER 2006 3 HERE’S THE BUZZ ON Certifying Veggies as Insect free By Rabbi David Bistricer EGETABLES HAVE FOREVER BEEN a basic staple of a person’s diet. Rich in fiber and vitamins, God’s gift to mankind is essential to main- taining one’s health.Unexpectedly,certain types of vegetables also pro- vide a good source of protein.Vegetables rich in protein are those that provide a safe haven for insects, with the protein found in the insect Vitself. This trend has made the kosher certification of vegetables highly challenging. Insects are naturally found in the environment and in farm fields. However, kosher law strictly prohibits the consumption of insects. Many assume that farmers and companies are wary of insects in vegetables, and take proper precautionary measures to ensure that their inventory is bug-free. This assumption may seem reasonable but has proven to be untrue.The FDA tolerance lev- els of insect infestation in produce are far more permissive than rigorous kosher stan- dards. For example, the United States government allows averages of up to 60 insects per 100 grams in frozen broccoli, and up to 50 insects per 100 grams of frozen spinach [See Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act 402 (a)(3)] Although farmers will use pesticides to limit insect infestation levels of produce, the effects are often limited. Powerful and highly effective insecticides previously used have been legally banned because of health risks. Some insects have also developed immunity to certain pesticides over time. Moreover, the popularity of organic produce has complicated matters. The term 4 BEHIND THE UNION SYMBOL organic usually means grown without ket today, especially with pesticides, herbicides, and synthetic fertil- an increased volume of izers. Understandably, organic produce export coming from China. could be subject to higher levels of insect The list includes OU certified infestation. freeze-dried raspberries, blackber- It is highly complex to identify pre- ries, broccoli, cauliflower, and spinach, all cisely which factors contribute to higher of which tend to have greater incidents of levels of infestation in certain types of infestation than other varieties. How does produce than in others. Vegetables with the OU deal with the challenge of con- cracks and crevices are more likely to suf- trolling the presence of insects in these fer from infestation, since there are areas products? This great problem is resolved for insects to become trapped or hide. through the drying procedure itself. Not The environment is often a primary cause only is moisture removed from the of infestation, as vegetables grown in hot- freeze-dried product, but from any insects ter climates are more liable to suffer from present as well. Once the insects are insects, and those grown at higher eleva- How does dried, invariably they will break apart and tions are not.Accordingly, infestation lev- be reduced to dust.The drying procedure els are higher during the summer than the OU eliminates infestation concerns by cooler seasons.With today’s global econ- destroying any possible insects. This also omy and the import and export of fresh holds true for dehydrated, or air-dried, produce around the world, it is much rise to the fruits and vegetables. Air drying is differ- more difficult to assume that certain vari- ent from freeze-drying in that the proce- eties of produce available in one country dure does not occur in a vacuum, and the tend to be cleaner than in others. Farmers occasion dried product was not previously frozen. have struggled to create an insect-free Nevertheless, the drying process will environment, and some have been largely and certify remove the moisture from any insects, successful with greenhouses. Neverthe- thereby having the same effect. less, there have been incidents of insect frozen vegetables infestation in greenhouse grown prod- these ucts, albeit very rare. Frozen vegetables have posed a great A known etymologist once remarked challenge for the Orthodox Union. The that achieving a zero tolerance level, and types of freezing procedure has minimal, if any, permanently ridding vegetables from effect on insects and certifying broccoli, pests, would entail nuclear warfare. How products? cauliflower, and spinach has proven to be does the OU rise to the occasion and cer- highly difficult. Nevertheless, a system has tify these types of products? been developed that has made the certifi- According to kosher law it is cation of these products possible. absolutely forbidden to knowingly con- Typically, OU certification of frozen veg- sume an insect. Moreover, kosher law etables will occur during the fall and win- requires that vegetable varieties with a has been created through the assistance of ter, when the occurrences of insect infes- significant probability of containing respected professional statisticians. tation are usually lower. On-site OU field insects must be checked. The intricacies representatives will randomly pull samples of kosher law are well beyond this scope freeze-dried/dehydrated off the line for extended periods, and of this article.
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