[Avodah] Pesach - Lecithin does not render chocolate non-KLP for Ashkenasim

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 21/03/17 22:58, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> R' Zev Sero wrote:

>> Exactly.  Therefore the days when it was a simple product are long gone.
>>
>> Though with a pasteuriser one could argue that it never processes
>> anything but milk, so it's not a problem.  But bottling equipment is
>> used for all sorts of things, especially nowadays when efficiency is key
>> and equipment is never allowed to lie idle >>>

> Your  point (from this post and previous ones in this thread) seems to
> be that throughout the 20th century, when it was very difficult in many
> places to find milk that was supervised for Pesach, and so it was common
> for rabbis to advise us to purchase our milk before pesach, that they
> were wrong for doing so? Is the point you are making, or did I
> misunderstand you?

1. Did the milk have a hechsher for pesach?  That is to say, did someone 
investigate its manufacture and determine that the ingredients and 
equipment were such that it was OK to drink it on Pesach?  If so, that's 
all most K-P products get even now.  They don't have a mashgiach to 
prevent something inadvertently getting in.  So long as you know that 
there isn't a *known problem*, you can assume it's OK.  Buying before 
Pesach takes care of inadvertent mixtures, which will be batel lach belach.

2. If it's not known, how do you know it's even kosher?  If it's because 
it has a hechsher for the whole year, why doesn't the machshir say 
whether it's also good for Pesach.  Still, if you don't know you can 
probably rely on the majority of milk being OK, and  buy it before 
Pesach just in case there is something in it, so it should be batel. 
Is the same thing true of chocolate?  Is the majority of chocolate 
chamets-free?




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