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OK Kosher Releases Updated Statement In The Wake Of Kashrus Scandal At Manalapan Kosher Chinese
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The owner should be arrested and charged with fraud. Show people that kashrus violaterswill pay.
That’s why people say that its more important to know who the owner is than who the kashrus agency is… But obviously we’ve heard unfortunate stories by reputable people but as a general rule its not a bad barrier and not an easy one either…
On a side note, as soon as the owner was caught buying non kosher meat in the first incident, that should have raised a serious red flag. in my opinion this doesn’t make any sense to me… To out it in perspective, G-D forbid if you see the owner of a kosher restaurant having his hands on non kosher meat, I think anyone would stand far away for that establishment…
I never ate there. But the what really stands out is the line in the letter “…it seems that the products were somehow snuck in during operational hours…” , the OK failed here. Miserablely.
You, as a Hechsher are supposed to prevent that. You lost my trust.
Progress has been made with this letter, but they still haven’t given a proper apology for failing the consumer and what precautions they will take so next time doesn’t happen. I always ate almost all hashgachos, but I certainly will think twice about eating OK in the future do to their complete lack of taking responsibility for this fiasco.
My question is regarding the infamous video showing him loading his car at the wholesale place.
First, who took the video?
Was it someone hired by OK labs to spy on him, or just any person who took it upon themselves and submitted it.
Because it seems that, this was the smoking gun, and so if not for that video, were the OK mashgichim that out of touch to not put 1 + 1 together and figure it out? And this would have gone on forever?
You had one job!!!!!
Rabbosei this is a wake up call for all of us to strengthen our kashrus.
Terrible situation!
Having been very involved in kashrus (not OK) I can tell you this can have happened under most if not all hashgachos. Shulchan Aruch and Poskim establish halachos and guidelines to prevent these situations as much as possible, but the possibility for corruption, lies, and decietful people exists. The safest bet it to eat at home.
When finkel/shevac=vach was caught selling treif in monsey HE WAS A FROM YID SAID A DAF YOMI.
Doheny in Los Angeles sellig treif-also a frum yid.
Netzach-a frum yid.
The recent story in england 2-3 stores selling treif, also a yid.
wake up and smell the coffee.
Lakewood still has it’s own share of those same issues, don’t fool yourself.
Question: Am I understanding this right? Once the video was out there, but it was determined that the owner did not manage to sneak the treif products in, the ok let them re-open (albeit with additional restrictions), but did not let the consumers know at that point that there is a problem and eat there at your own risk?
Not trying to cast blame, and I hope that I’m wrong, but I’m just trying to understand the sequence of events.
Unfortunately this is not the first time a hashgocha doesn’t take any blame for wrongdoings, it’s very simple that if he served non kosher meat it was big amounts, and for the ok to state that it was small amounts is naive at best or misleading at worst,
We have to back to Europe standards. If you wouldn’t eat in owners house don’t eat in his restaurant. Goyish…Asian …fpheaah
You want to check a businesses kashru….lift the cover to the garbage, empty boxes dont lie. Receipts can be forged. Whats in the garbage will tell you whats on your plate.
Thank you OK for clarifying this.
I need to say that seeing Rabbi Kalman Winfield on the board of Rabbis tells me that they are of a very high caliber. Rabbi Weinfeld is a tremendous Talmid Chochom and real Yiras Shomayim.
they literally caught him and released him, just like the bail reform laws.
The OK had him, knew he did something wrong and closed the restaurant, and then reopened it again!
Can I dispute a credit card charge for a meal I bought here?
SHAME ON YOU OK (“KOSHER”) TREIF LABORATORY
I CAN NEVER FORGIVE YOU, NOT ON THIS WORLD NOR IN THE NEXT WORLD FOR THE TIMTUM HALEV YOU DIRECTLY CAUSED ME OF EATING TREIF MAY HASHEM PAY ALL OF YOU RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR CAUSING FRUM YIDIN TO BE NICHSCHOEL IN TARFES BOTH ON THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT WORLD !
THE AGMAS NEFESH AND PHYSICAL PAIN AND ANGUISH YOU ARE CURRENTLY CAUSING 1000’S OF PEOPLE, RIGHT BEFORE YOM HADIN CANT BE PUT INTO WORDS
YOU BEAR THE FULL RESPONSIBILTY FOR THIS, YOU WERE WARNED MANY TIMES AND YOU DROPPED THE BALL CHOOSING TO IGNORE THE SIGNS AND WARNINGS
YOUR WHOLE ORGANIZATION SHOULD CLOSE DOWN. YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING INVOLVED IN KASHRUS PERIOD.
YOU OWE THE PUBLIC MORE THEN A BELATED LETTER. IVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH A LIVE PERSON AT YOUR OFFICE #’S FOR 3 DAYS NO ONE ANSWERS
YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE BUT TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN THS PUBLIC FORUM
Very dissapointing letter. The OK offers no apology for dissapointing the tzibbur who put their trust in the organization. There is no statement about investigating how such a terrible mess-up was possible, and no mention of reevaluating procedures to make sure this never happens again. To deserve the public’s trust there must be accountability!
Who paid the mashgichim I wonder. When you let the restaurant pay the mashgiach you make him subservient to the owner and own a can of worms
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Anyone knows the other store names of this owner
They failed in their ONE job
Oy vey
This letter is written by very naive people,
I live right there and never ate there thank goodness
Can you stop beating me please?
2 things I really don’t understand how in the world these rabunim to begin with will give a hechsher to a straight GoYatz that has zero knowledge of Yiddishkeit or kashrut. These hechsher should also be closing down to my opinion
And secondly I’d never eat in a goyish resataurant. Eewww. That’s what comes to use “kosher chazer fiesel “
The OK should be sued
I walked into a restaurant & saw the Mashgiach Davening Mincha. I watched him for a minute. After not seeing vigorous Shuckling, eyes closed tight enough, & very few “Thumb Dips” I turned around and left.