Pretzel Stand in Palisades Mall Takes Down Hashgacha After Rabbi Makes A Scene
We are writing this post as a reminder to the Jewish Orthodox community at large, that you must always be very careful about kosher food. You can't trust any establishment, just because they have a kosher certificate.
The following story is compiled from a few sources, including The Jewish Press and The Yeshiva World.
The story is about a pretzel stand selling items as kosher with an expired kosher Hasgucha (certificate). The pretzel stand in questions, is located in the very popular Palisades Center Mall, located just 15 minutes from Monsey, New York. The mall is very popular with kosher consumers in Rockland County. It is also visited by Jewish consumers from all over New York City.
Some sources only report that the Kasruth certificate expired, and consumers were buying large pretzels without a kosher certificate. As if, the food was the same, but the kosher certificate already expired. But other sources quote that the stand is also selling hot dogs. Even worse, the …
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