[Avodah] A (Kosher) Can of Worms

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 08:48:05AM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:
> From http://tinyurl.com/bve3obb
> Rabbis Go to Museum to Probe Kashrut, Tiny Worms and Fish
...
> Given the totality of the worms’ development, Bess and many of his 
> contemporaries argue that fish products containing these worms should be  
> off-limits. "There's no question that the worms are visible to the eye 
> [before entering the fish]," he said. "Therefore, according to the 
> Talmud, it should be forbidden."

> Regarding the OU's certification, he added: "It's an extremely weak 
> position and doesn't really work with the reasoning of any of the 
> halachic authorities throughout the generations."

> Read more: <http://forward.com/articles/160736/a-kosher-can-of-worms>

The problem I have with the line of trasoning in the seifa is that chazal
themselves ate fish that the Greeks, 500 years before them, already knew
carried anisakis. This is a new pesaq lechumerah in a very old question.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha