[Avodah] LBD lists

[Chana Luntz]

RMB writes:

> All smoked salmon, with or w/ skin.

Where does it say that?

That is a very common view amongst rabbonim around here in the UK (I have
heard various rabbonim posken that way), but as far as I am aware, the LBD
does not appear to be one of them.

Nor, from what I know, can it be said that the LBD is not concerned about
bishul achum.  They state regarding rice:

"All plain uncooked rice is acceptable fully cooked rice is not permitted".

After the Sephardi Bet Din permitted the M&S microwave rice for pesach - and
in the course of various discussions with them, I discovered that one of the
reasons they permitted it was because the completion of the cooking was via
the microwave, and hence there was not a bishul akum problem, I then phoned
up the LBD to ask their view on the Tesco equivalent during the rest of the
year.  They confirmed that the reason that they did not permit fully cooked
rice was because of bishul akum, and hence the Tesco microwave rice, which
states very clearly on its packet "do not eat raw, must be microwaved for
four minutes" was acceptable.

I suspect therefore that the LBD's permission for canned products is more
likely based on not considering them "cooked" than not being concerned with
bishul akum.

> 
> Martin Brody

Regards

Chana