[Avodah] heter mechira produce

[Russell Levy]

On 9/27/07, Goldmeier <goldmeier at 012.net.il> wrote:
> I asked my Rav whether b'shaas ha'dchak one could rely on heter mechora.
> I based my question on the psak from Rav Shlomo zalman that it is mittar
> b'achila, with kedushas shviis.
>
> His response was that even if we hold shamur v'neevad is muttar (which
> is the basis for Rav Shlomo Zalman's psak), there is still a problem of
> sefichim and sefichim is assur comlpetely.
>
> So I guess if you know the hetter mechira produce is not sefichin, maybe
> it would be ok...

I received basically the same psak; they said for the first few weeks
of the year, we can assume there is no issue of sefichin, but any
other time during the year, we will by definition have the problem of
sefichin if the vegetables are being sold in mass quantities through
heter mechira.