[Avodah] Ein Mevatlin issur lechatchilah offlist

[Zev Sero]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
> The first part I'm fuzzy when done commerciall because one can say the gentile expects 5% to go to jews etc.

The assumption is that he has no such expectation.

This is a major difference between the hechsher industry in the USA and
elsewhere.  In the USA the manufacturers pay for hechsherim, and put the
symbol on their products, expecting that it will increase their sales.
Overseas the manufacturer does the heechsher a favour by letting it inspect
the premises, and in return for a listing in the kosher list it agrees to
notify the hechsher of any change in recipe.  The tiny percentage of Jews
who will buy the product is very low on the manufacturer's mind, and not
a factor in his calculations.  


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