<div>Indeed they are, in some cases. Nobody claimed differently. But this is a non sequitur. The poster was specifically refering to cans of vegetables steamed in China with treif fish.</div>
<div>LBD categorically state that all canned, tinned, bottled vegetables and beans etc.including tomato products are kosher if packed/cooked in brine, water, or vegetable oil. Same goes for fish too, by the way.</div>
<div>Check mate.</div>
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<div>Martin Brody<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Prof. Levine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:llevine@stevens.edu">llevine@stevens.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="3">At 04:21 PM 12/2/2009, Martin Brody wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type="cite">So what? Can you taste it? Does it really happen? Is it really a kashrut<br>issue? And it doesn't bother the London Beth Din either, for example.</blockquote><br>It seems to me that the London Beth Din not simply rely on ingredients. In their Kosher Guide Summer 2009 (available at <a href="http://www.theus.org.uk/jewish_living/keeping_kosher/publications/" target="_blank">http://www.theus.org.uk/jewish_living/keeping_kosher/publications/</a> )they write<br>
<br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3">Products without certification, approved for the<br>Nosh Guide<br><br></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3">Products listed in the Kashrut Guide which are neither supervised<br>
nor bearing the logo have been investigated by our food<br>technologists and approved on this basis. The investigations cover<br>ingredients, any processing aids and shared use of equipment. They<br>are carried out primarily by correspondence, with occasional<br>
factory visits where necessary.<br><br>To me it seems that they are doing much more than simply looking at the ingredients on a package. <br>
<p>Yitzchok Levine</p></font></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Martin Brody<br>310 474 1856<br>