[Avodah] bittul

[Akiva Blum]

>>>I assume that if we know that a piece of treif meat fell in a pot with
60 kosher pieces many people would forgo the steak even though
halachically it is kosher because of bittul. There are even shitot
that one can eat all 61 pieces (not at once) since each is a safek.
Again I assume many would forgo that privelege.>>>

I heard a shiur from R' HSchachter, Q&A on kashrus, where he said that even
though halachically the food is 100%, nevertheless, it may be incorrect for a
certifying agency to approve the product. Not because of YD, but because of
Choshen Mishpot. The agency has a contract, unwritten, with the kosher consumer,
and that consumer presumably would not want food that has botel traif in it!

Akiva