From the OU - Alerts and Kosher Classes

From the Orthodox Union (OU): Back To Nature Blends Brands: Back To Nature Products: Pacific Heights Blend, Bar Harbor Blend Company: Back To Nature Foods Company Madison , WI Issue: These two products labeled as OU contain chocolate made on dairy equipment. Labels are being changed to OU D. Sweet Delights Brands: Sweet Delights Products: Cakes and Pastries Company: Sweet Delights Ltd. Brooklyn, NY Issue: The OU terminated the certification of this company on June 30, 2009. Any products currently bearing an OU are unauthorized. Consumers spotting these products are encouraged to call the Orthodox Union at 212.613.8241, or via email at kashalerts@ou.org. Brands: Various brands including: Richfood, Jewel, Shaw’s, Flavorite, Shop ‘N Save, Acme, Cub, and Albertsons Products: Instant Oatmeal Fruit & Cream Variety Pack Company: Supervalu- Chanhassen, MN Issue: This Supervalu product contains dairy ingredients as listed on the ingredient panel but the dairy designation has been inadvertently omitted. Future packaging will be revised. DeFranco’s Espresso Secrets Brands: DeFranco’s Products: Espresso Secrets Company: Chocolate Fantasies, Inc. Oak Brook, IL Issue: Product Bears an unauthorized OU. Consumers spotting this product are requested to contact the Orthodox Union at 212.613.8241 or via email at kashalerts@ou.org. Eating Right Kids Brands: Eating Right Kids Products: Fruit Punch (Fitness water beverage) 4 pack of 12 fl. Oz. UPC: 0 79893 70013 7 Company: Lucerne Foods, Inc. Pleasanton, CA Issue: This product mistakenly bears an unauthorized OU on the plastic overwrap. Future packaging will no longer bear the OU mark. Regular fruit punch flavored water beverage is OU certified when bearing the OU mark. Fairway Tikka Masala Seasoning Brands: Fairway Products: Tikka Masala Seasoning Company: Vanns Spices- Baltimore, MD Issue: This certified product contains dairy ingredients as listed on the ingredient panel but the dairy designation has been inadvertently omitted. Future packaging will be revised. OU Kosher Coming Topic: Reading Ingredient Panels: IS There a Right and Wrong Way? JLIC – John Hopkins Hillel 3109 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD Date: October 15, 2009 - 6:00 PM Speaker: Rabbi Richard Levine, OU Kosher Rabbinic Field Representative – Mid Atlantic Region Topic: Hidden Facts, Hidden Problems: The Real Story Behind Ingredient Panels JLIC at UCLA Hillel Los Angeles, CA Date: October 29, 2009 - 6:00 PM Speaker: Rabbi Reuven Nathanson, OU Kosher Senior Rabbinic Field Representative, West Coast Topic: What is the Beef with Meat? JLIC Rutgers Hillel New Brunswick, NJ DATE: October 29, 2009 - 8:00 PM Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel, OU Kosher rabbinic coordinator, Meat certification specialist Contact: Rabbi Eliyahu Safran Senior Rabbinic Coordinator Vice President - Communications and Marketing Phone 212 613 8115 http://www.oukosher.org

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