[Avodah] Chometz milking question

[Eliyahu Grossman]

Ok, here in Israel, starting this week, all cows will be given only kitniyot
to eat - no chometz.

Around the rest of the world, they don't do that.

You can buy Kosher for Pesach American chocolate with a good heksher that is
not colav yisroel. They have no concern over this.

Now, as a joke, I mentioned to my daughter who nurses her baby that as a qal
v'chomer, maybe she should not have chomets for a week ahead, because if
something with two stomachs needs to do so in Israel, then certainly she
with one stomach should do it as well! ;)

She was not amused and ignored me. (Rightfully so, I suspect!)

I have asked around and I get a blank stare from people who have never heard
that we do this, and from a few people who are mashgichim that I know (I let
them know up front that even though I live in Israel, I eat non-cholav
Israel from non-Israel products very often) I don't really get a definitive
answer. I will query some more authoritative poskim here, but I thought I'd
toss that out there as an interesting Pesach question.

Eliyahu Grossman
Efrat, Israel