[Avodah] Kashrus and Housekeepers

[Prof. Levine]

At 10:05 AM 2/28/2022, Micha Berger wrote:
>The whole point of basar ne'elam min ha'ayin is that yotzei venichnas is
>not sufficient for meat that isn't sealed. So, the Rama in YD 63:2 says
>that we are meiqil on BNMhA, if and only if it was found where you left
>it. The AhS se'if 2 affirms that we are nohagim like the Rama. (Adding
>that we are also lenient in the not applicable case where a "kusi"
>has meat in a town where all the meat in town is kosher.)
>
>And Sepharadim have bigger problems than the AhS's "we, as the BY
>(sei'f 1) is machmir unless you recognize the piece or have a siman.
>
>Which is why I asked about the housekeeper cleaning the refrigerator or
>freezer, because then the meat is moved.

Besides meat and poultry that are factory packaged, the meat and 
poultry that I see sold in stores in Flatbush are in containers that 
are covered and sealed with plastic.  If any of these were tampered 
with, it would be obvious that this occurred. Wouldn't this packaging 
serve as a siman?

The only problem that I can see is if you open a package, use only 
part of it, and put the rest in a plastic bag that is not sealed and 
put it in the refrigerator.

Yitzchok Levine