[Avodah] Kashrus of a Restaurant Under the Supervision of its Owner

[I. Balbin]

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> Years ago someone told me that there is a teshuva of the Chasam Sofer
> that says that such supervision is not valid, but I do not know which
> teshuva this is.
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> I am personally uncomfortable with a private hashgocha, because the  
> idea
> of the person who is being supervised paying the supervisor directly
> does not sit well with me. (I am not saying there is any problem with
> such hashgachas from a halachic standpoint.) However, here the "payee"
> and the supervisor are one and the same!

There are certainly opinions that permit it. I can recall learning a  
long Aruch Hashulchan on this about 20 years ago.