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<font size=3>At 05:53 PM 12/7/2011, Rabbi E. M. Teitz wrote:<br><br>
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In Europe, a hakpada on glatt was rare. It was a middas chassidus,
based not on a higher standard of kashrus -- non-glatt was not considered
less kosher -- but rather as a hiddur, not to eat from basar shehoreh bo
chacham, as Yechezkeil Hanavi prided himself (Chullin 37b).
[This only applies to Ashk'nazim. S'faradim are required to eat
only true glatt, since the M'chabeir paskens not to rely on the testing
of lungs by removing sirchos. Hence the newest term in kashrus
marketing, "Beis Yoseif glatt," which is today's equivalent of
what "glatt" meant forty years ago. And of course, it
does not apply to veal, lamb and goat meat, which must be glatt according
to all opinions.] Today, of course, we are all tzaddikim and
lower-case chassidim, for whom all hiddur chumros are mainstream
requirements.</font></blockquote><br>
It also does not apply to chicken, although the packaging on Empire,
Kiryas Joel, Vineland, and other poultry says glatt on it.
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The following if from the article What's the Truth About Glatt Kosher by
Rabbi Dr. Ari Z. Zivotofsky that is at
<a href="http://www.kashrut.com/articles/glatt/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.kashrut.com/articles/glatt/<br><br>
</a><font size=3>From the above explanation, it is clear that referring
to chicken, fish or dairy products as <i>glatt</i> is a misuse of the
term. In addition, even when referring to meat, it only attests to the
status of the lung, but makes no comment about the standards of, for
example, the <i>shechitah</i>. <br><br>
Misconceptions about the meaning of <i>glatt</i> are so widespread that,
for many, the term <i>glatt</i> has colloquially taken on the implication
of a higher standard, similar to the term <i>mehadrin</i>. In addition,
some caterers or stores may have only one kashrut sticker that they use
on all products, and hence the sticker on the corned beef sandwich and on
the omelette will both say "<i>glatt</i> kosher." Although it
is technically inaccurate to label chicken, fish, lamb, or dairy products
as <i>glatt</i>, it is not uncommon to find such labeling. In the
majority of cases, it is probably not being done to mislead; but in some
instances it may be intended to imply that the product was processed
under a superior hashgachah, as per the term's informal usage. <br><br>
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Yitzchok Levine</font></body>
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