Kosher Alerts

Gourmet Fresh Basil Pesto from All Natural Food Corporation, 111 Ditmas Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218 is NOT certified and bears an unauthorized OK Kosher Symbol.

The Slurpee flavors listed below, either already in the stores, or due to be released soon, ARE NOT CERTIFIED KOSHER!: STRAWBERRY TWIZZLER MONSTER BLACK ICE GATORADE GRID IRON ICE PINA COLADA TROPICANA GRAPE WILD STRAWBERRY

Brands: Bazzini Products: Licorice-All Sorts (UPC# 0 75062 50196 3) Company: A.L. Bazzini Co. - New York, NY Issue: This product bears an unauthorized OU symbol and is not certified kosher by the Orthodox Union. Consumers spotting this product are requested to contact the Orthodox Union at 212-613-8241 or via email at Kashalerts.

With the summer months upon us, the cRc would like to take this opportunity to reiterate its policy and opinion regarding the purchase of ice cream from shops that are not certified kosher. Unless the entire shop is under a reliable hashgacha, no open product should be purchased without the consumer personally inspecting each item. Any ice cream must first be determined to be kosher and in some cases, the scoop must be first washed clean. Any other products purchased, such as cones, toppings, milk or any other additives, must also be inspected to determineif it is kosher. Items such as cakes and novelty items may pose an even greater concern, so special care must me taken when purchasing any of these items. Since one may not assume that there were no changes made since the last visit, this all must be done each time you go into the store to make a purchase! Many shops may sell ice cream which is produced under the certification of the cRc or other reliable agencies, and have signs posted to indicate as such. However, unless the entire store is under certification, this letter only applies to the unopened ice cream that is listed on the letter of certification, and not necessarily the store itself. Merely asking the store attendant if an item is kosher is not sufficient, as they may not be aware of specific requirements that may affect the kosher status of an item. You must always see the actual product in its original container. As the average person may also not always be aware of all of the kosher regulations, it is always preferable and recommended to only frequent shops under a reliable kosher supervision. Check with the cRc in the Chicago area, or your local Orthodox Vaad in other areas for the stores under kosher certification

Please be advised that A & W Root Beer Float and Sunkist Orange Float are NOT certified kosher. The Regular varieties of both, including the diet version, continue to be kosher.

Brand: Turkey Hill Product: Junior Mints Premium Ice Cream (Limited Edition) Issue: This product is NOT certified as kosher, and states that after the ingredient panel. All other Turkey Hill products are OU certified.

Brands: Oreo Products: Fudge Rings Company: Kraft Foods - East Hanover, NJ Issue: Oreo Cookies are certified OU kosher. Nabisco is introducing a new variety of Oreo brand Cookies, Oreo Fudge Rings, which are currently not certified kosher. Please note that the Oreo Fudge Rings label does not bear the OU symbol.

STAR-K KOSHER CERTIFICATION: 7-Eleven Slurpee List (U.S. stores only) Slurpee Alert: Twizzler Strawberry is not kosher certified until further notice. Monster Black is not kosher certified. Pina Colada and Tropicana Grape Wild Strawberry are not kosher certified. The following 7-Eleven Slurpees are kosher pareve unless otherwise indicated: BARQ’S Floatz French Vanilla Cream Red Creme Root Beer COCA COLA Black Cherry Vanilla Cherry Coke Coca Cola Classic CRYSTAL LIGHT Berry Pomegranate Cherry Limeade Lemonade Lemon Lime Orange Pineapple Ice Passionfruit Peach Mango Raspberry Ice Raspberry Lemonade Strawberry Kiwi Strawberry Banana Tangerine Lime DR. PEPPER Dr. Pepper Cherry Vanilla FANTA Banana Banana Split (Dairy, non-Cholov Yisroel) Birch Beer Blackberry Blue Cherry Blue Raspberry Blue Vanilla (the Slurpee is pareve. The soda is Dairy, non-Cholov Yisroel.) Cherry Ginger Ale Grape Green Lemon Lime Green Melon Kiwi Strawberry Mandarin Tangerine Mango Melon Orange Orange Cream Pineapple (only the Slurpee is acceptable. The soda is not certified.) Purple Berry Cherry Red Licorice Sour Apple Strawberry Banana Strawberry Creme Super Sour Apple Super Sour Cherry Super Sour Watermelon Super Watermelon Vanilla White Cherry Wild Cherry Wild Cherry-Reduced Calorie FRAWG APPLE (made by Pepsi) Frawg Apple FRUIT WORKS Blue Raspberry Freeze Red Cherry Freeze White Cherry FULL THROTTLE Blue Demon Frozen Blast Frozen Fury Iron Man RPM HAWAIIAN PUNCH Fruit Juicy Red Green Berry Rush Lemon Berry Squeeze Mazin Melon IBC Root Beer JOLLY RANCHER Bubble Yum (Dairy, non-Cholov Yisroel) Green Apple (Dairy, non-Cholov Yisroel) Watermelon (Dairy, non-Cholov Yisroel) LAFFY TAFFY Mango Melon MANGO BANGO Tea Totally Wild Cherry MASTER CHILL Bruisin Berry Cherry Limeade Purple Vanilla S’Creme Raspberry Acai Red Licorice Sour Blue Raspberry Sour Green Sour Strawberry Strawberry Creme Vanilla Creme White Plum Grape MELLOW YELLOW Regular MINUTE MAID Blue Cherry Blueberry Cherry Grape Lemonade Orange Peach Pineapple Raspberry Lemonade Strawberry MOUNTAIN DEW All flavors are Kosher MYSTERY AIRHEADS Blue Raspberry Yellow NESTEA Raspberry PEPSI Diet Pepsi (Dairy, non-Cholov Yisroel) Pepsi (Pareve) SIERRA MIST Cranberry Cranberry Splash Lemon Squeeze Regular SLURPUCCINO SNOW BAWL Energy Slurpee SPRITE Remix Aruba Jam Tropical Remix SUNKIST Orange TROPICANA TWISTER Blue Raspberry Rush Black Cherry Lemonade