[Avodah] Seeing G'zeiros Everywhere

[David Riceman]

rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com wrote:
> Years ago A kashrut agency told me of some changes they would make when
> they would take over a given resaurant.
>  I asked: "Is this Halachhically required?
>
> They answered "no" [meaning not necessarily] that they had "standards". 
>
> And so I say that any standard that is beyond halachah and that is
> absolutely required by an agency anyway is g'zeira upon the community
> of food purveyors AND upon their mashgichin.
> Why? 
> Because
>   
No it's not.  The "community of food purveyors AND ... their mashgichin" 
can just use a different agency.  All the kashrut agency is doing is 
assigning a particular meaning to its particular stamp of approval.  
"Gzeirah" implies coercion.

David Riceman