[Avodah] Why olive oil needs a hechsher

[Zev Sero]

Rabbi Akiva Padwa, Senior Rabbinical Coordinator London Beth Din Kashrut
Division wrote:
> The London Beth Din does not certify or even approve any vegetable oil
> which is refined and deodorised in the same refinery as tallow (Chelev).
> This means that we do not approve oils that are processed on the same
> refinery and using the same steam system even if they are not actually
> processed on the same equipment.

On 27/02/2012 2:39 PM, martin brody wrote:
> R. Padwa is talking about LBD certification, not their approval policy.

Did you miss the "or even approve" and the "we do not approve"?


On 24/02/2012, martin brody wrote:
> Olive oil or any vegetable oil does not need a hecksher. LBDsays so,
> Page 77 Really Jewish Food Guide. And it didn't 50 years ago when
> R.Moshe said so too.

And on 27/02/2012, martin brody wrote:
> Igros Moshe YD 1:55.

This teshuvah is *not* about "olive oil or any vegetable oil", and
whether one may buy any oil so labelled without a hechsher.  The case
it addresses is where the company has written a letter specifically
guaranteeing that it processes only vegetable oils, and that letter
was not written for kashrus purposes so it's mesiach lefi tumo, and
the question was whether the letter could be believed.

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Zev Sero
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