[Avodah] Are Vegan Restaurants Kosher

[Zev Sero]

On 17/01/18 23:51, Rabbi Meir G. Rabi via Avodah wrote:
> 
> Myths perpetrated to reinforce the profit making element of Kashrus
> MYTH - employees cook their private non-K food with the restaurant's 
> equipment.
> FACT - A) as we saw, Halacha does not support this.
> FACT - B) with today's propensity to sue, food establishments are 
> extremely vigilant to establish, maintain and enforce, very strict 
> guidelines regarding what goes on in the kitchen and what the employees 
> may bring into the premises.

This is *NOT* a myth, it is a widespread practice in the restaurant 
industry, and since you supervise restaurants you must know this very well.

Another *fact* about modern commercial kitchens is that there is no such 
thing as a keli that is not ben yomo.  In a home kitchen we may have a 
piece of equipment that is only used for a specific dish, which we might 
only make twice a month.  In a commercial kitchen if a dish is not 
ordered several times a day it is removed from the menu and if a piece 
of equipment is not used daily it is removed from inventory.  Inventory 
has a carrying cost.  So any purported heter that depends on stam kelim 
einan bnei yoman must be ruled out.

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