[Avodah] Cholov Stam

[Akiva Blum]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: avodah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org [mailto:avodah-
> bounces at lists.aishdas.org] On Behalf Of Prof. Levine
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 January, 2012 7:46 PM
> 
>  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.
> 


The OU article mentions that these are the practices based on state
regulations, from context that would be New York. Do these changes only
apply to New York fresh milk, and milk products produced in the state of New
York?

Akiva