[Avodah] Coca Cola's ingredient list

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Martin Brody:
> But I do agree that those that reject the concept of nullification by
> shishim, should only buy products with a hecksher of their choice.

> Nothing to do with Judaism of course, but that's a different thread.

Actually this is TERRIBLY misleading! As Rav Weiss mocked those who
make bateil beshishim as a kind of catch-all mantra w/o learning the
details of YD!

The actual key phrase is "Nosein Ta'am" and that may include texture. EG A
small amount of butter in a fat-free chicken soup may be quite significant

[We pasqen taam k'iqqar is d'oraisso, and a therefore a safeilk is a
s'feik d'oraisso]

Also the issue of being m'vateil issur l'chathcila comes to mind.
Bateil b'shishim [or more properly insufficient to give ta'am] is strictly
a b'di'avad. Surely an incidental bittul is OK not an ongoing one as
previosly posted.

As one Senior Kashrus Adminsitrator explained to me, any ingredient
-consciously placed there for its taste -can never be bateil.


Maybe "nothing to do with Judaism" is a nice slogan but these principles
have everything to do with Yore Dei'ah! ;-)

GV
RRW
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