[Avodah] bugs in our food

[Michael Kopinsky]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:

> after this article I am not sure I want to eat anything.
> What is the halacha of all these "tolaim"
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/opinion/13levy.html?em
>

It's not for nothing that Chazal, and l'havdil the FDA, accept the notion of
bittul. There is no danger (physical or spiritual) from those few parts per
million of extra organic matter. The only halachic concern is because a
berya is not battel. That idea is seemingly what's behind the humor in the
closing sentence of the article.

KT,
Michael
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