[Avodah] Bal Tashchit

[Liron Kopinsky]

Hi,
An interesting discussion I had with my chavruta this morning:

1) If someone accidentally spills a drop of milk into a big pot of
chicken soup, it is still for sure kosher because of bittul baRov. Are
you obligated to serve the soup because of Bal Tashchit?
[Side note, you may also be obligated to show you don't reject the
concept of bittul baRov.]

2) If someone holds by a particular chuma - say an Ashkenazi who only
eats glatt meat. If someone gives them non-glatt meat as a gift are they
allowed to throw it out or is it Bal Tashchit? (They should find someone
who doesn't hold by that chumra to give it to).

3) If someone is very health-conscious with their food and get given
a gift of a pack of hotdogs, can they throw it out or is it Bal
Tashcht? They obviously don't want to give it to someone else as it is
"unhealthy" although probably fine in small doses. (My chavruta suggested
that if throwing this out would be assur, why wouldn't it also be assur
to throw out a pack of cigarettes, but I don't buy the analogy.)

Any ideas as to where the bal tashchit line falls?

Thanks,
Liron