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The Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) Beth Din hechsher is the kashrut certification consumers see on most kosher products in South Africa, but the market is...
Armed with the belief that keeping kosher need not limit one’s travels, a small but flourishing safari industry is dedicated to offering kosher dining to tourists...
Johannesburg, which has the largest number of Jewish elderly residents in the country, has no kosher, privately-run Jewish retirement homes, creating a definite need. There are...
News that the last kosher butchery in Sydney, Australia, has closed, came as a shock. Not because I will miss its lamb ribs, but because I...
A director of the recently formed new kosher hechsher resigned in the same week of its launch. Akiva Mallett of Kosher Certified South Africa (KCSA) resigned...
Three disgruntled former mashgichim (kosher supervisors) this week launched their own kosher hechsher in a bid to compete with the Beth Din, the country’s foremost kosher...
For some Jews, kosher prawns and mussels would be a dream come true. So, when it emerged in December 2021 that two local treif seafood products...
In a major step for kashrut in South Africa, a Pick n Pay product with a Montreal Kosher (MK Kosher) hechsher was added to the retailer’s...
In what could be a game changer for kashrut in South Africa, MK Kosher, a global kosher certifier, is expanding its operations in the country. “In...
The kosher department spends nearly six months of the year planning for Pesach and making certifications. This year was particularly challenging with the sad and untimely...
A South African health-food company opened the door to getting a hechsher from international kosher certifiers when it adopted the Canadian Kosher Certifier (known as MK)...
The cost of kosher meat continues to rise, and in spite of assertions that they can’t be compared with the non-kosher industry, butchers within the Johannesburg...
Mandy Yachad and Herschel Mayers, who both have extensive legal and commercial experience, have been appointed to the new independent pricing review panel for kosher manufactured...
The Union of Orthodox Synagogues (UOS) has appointed an ombudsman to tackle complaints and issues raised following the recent public outcry over kosher food prices and...
Local manufacturers of kosher food say they are looking overseas for alternative kosher certification following the furore caused by the Beth Din’s removal of a company’s...
