[Avodah] Cholov Stam

[Prof. Levine]

 From http://tinyurl.com/8xonx58

In light of this current state of affairs, such that the farms are
indeed uniformly inspected for non-kosher animals, and the dairy plants
inspectors work with the farm inspectors data, Rav Belsky ruled that
the heter of cholov stam applies for those who wish to rely on it,
albeit based principally on farm inspections rather than on dairy
inspections. The correlation of data between the farm and dairy
inspections extends the farm inspections efficacy to the dairies, from
which point the milk is bo lyad Yisroel and retains its permissibility.

It should be noted that the above, newly-formulated position on cholov
stam is actually the total reverse of Reb Moshes heter: Reb Moshe
was mattir cholov stam based on dairy plants being inspected by the
government, and government inspection of farms was a non-issue due to
the concept of bo lyad Yisroel. Now, in contradistinction, government
inspection of farms plays the central role, and dairy plant inspection
is no longer central for the heter. It is also important to note that
the new position does not rely on bo lyad Yisroel and may appeal to
those who were not comfortable using this rationale in this case.

As evidenced by the above psak and research, the OU continues to pave
the way in kashrus technical data and to service those in Klal Yisroel
who wish to rely on Rav Moshes heter concerning cholov stam.

See the above URL for the rest of this article.

And from http://tinyurl.com/6mwcf58

In a recent issue of Daf HaKashrus, we presented information
about the contemporary controls and regulations that pertain
to government inspection of milk, demonstrating (with the
concurrence of Rav Belsky, shlita) that the Igros Moshes
heter for cholov stam is alive and even stronger than
before<http://www.oukosher.org/index.php/common/article/cholov_stam_an_update_from_the_farm_and_lab/#fn11355876464f0dca1291a27>1.


In brief, we noted that current protocol includes government inspection
of farms (which was not always the case in prior days see Igros Moshe YD
1:49), which precludes milk from non-kosher species from entering the
commercial milk chain. We described how milk used in commercial dairy
plants can only be provided by government-approved source farms, and
how government inspectors track documentation for all milk shipped to
commercial dairies to assure that it indeed originates from exclusively
government-inspected farms.

After discussion with a high-ranking senior dairy farm inspector
in upstate New York, as well as with administrative officials at
departments of agriculture of several states, the following additional
points of information were determined to be worthy of publication for
the readership:

Goat and sheep milk farms must be licensed specifically for these
types of milk. Otherwise, all milk licensing applies only to cow milk.
Farms which have animals other than cows (most notably Amish farms)
must either keep the other animals in different quarters from the cows,
or if this is not feasible a partition must be erected to physically
prevent the other animals from contacting the cows. Animals other than
cows (or goats and sheep, as per the farms license) are never permitted
in farms milking parlors or in milking areas of barns. The presence of
such animals in these milking areas would be a red flag violation. Dairy
farms are strictly prohibited from adding milk from any other species to
cow milk. Milk from all dairy farms that provide the commercial market
must be sent to laboratories for analysis. Unlike the laboratory analysis
conducted on milk samples taken from dairy processing plants, the analysis
of dairy farm milk tests for protein, fat and cell levels, all of which
indicate whether the milk is from cows or other species. Even one pail of
milk from other species intermingled in a silo sample of cow milk would
show up in the results and indicate that the milk is not pure cow milk.
The state routinely reviews the laboratory analyses of milk from all
dairy farms which supply the commercial milk chain.

[Email #2. -micha]

Rabbi A. Teitlebaum, the Nirbator Rov, comes to conclusions on this 
issue that differ from those of the OU.  See
<http://tinyurl.com/7gh3dgs>http://tinyurl.com/7gh3dgs

[Email #3. -micha]

Please see http://matzav.com/video-cholov-akum-nowadays

"Chalav Akum Nowadays" was presented by Rav Yisroel Belsky, OU Posek; 
Rav Menachem Genack, CEO OU Kosher; and Rav Aharon Teitelbaum, 
Nirbatur Rov, with an introduction by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, OU 
Rabbinic Coordinator for Dairy Industry, at the 2011 AKO Conference 
on November 10, 2011 in New York.