Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!philabs!aecom!teitz From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Kosher labelling question Message-ID: <2060@aecom.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Nov-85 12:07:17 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.2060 Posted: Sun Nov 17 12:07:17 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Nov-85 00:19:00 EST References: <708@hou2g.UUCP> Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 14 > There has recently been much discussion about Kosher labels > put on foods, which has reminded me of a question I have had. > I often see foods labelled as Kosher, with a "D" following, > which I always assumed implied Dairy. Yet, when I read the > ingredients, I find nothing which is dairy in them. The > ingredients all seem to be Pareve. Does the "D" mean that the > product was manufactured on non-Pareve equipment even though the > ingredients appear Pareve? This is sometimes the case. In other situations chemical names are given for igredients which are derived from dairy products. Eliyahu Teitz.