The Hechsher, or the Ⓤ marking on many common food items, is a signifier that the food is certified kosher. There are various symbols that appear on food packaging. The symbols differ depending on ...

There was a time when a half-moon K on a carton of cottage cheese didn’t mean much to someone who kept strictly kosher. Conventional wisdom held that the heksher (the kosher symbol) was not all that ...

Many grocery stores today now have their own kosher food sections. (Photo credit: Rafael Ben Ari/Dreamstime) Kosher food is any food or beverage that Jewish dietary laws allow a person to eat. It ...

The Orthodox Union, whose OU symbol is widely known as a certification for food that has been strictly inspected to satisfy Jewish dietary laws, is suing the Luke Oil Company for using a look-alike OU ...

Maine’s Own Organic Milk, a cooperative of local organic dairy farmers, is facing a lawsuit over its unauthorized use of a kosher symbol. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America last ...

In the 1930s, Coca-Cola began producing their signature soft drink with a different sugar substitute, sucrose, that made it kosher for Passover. Jews observing Passover cut out chametz, or any ...

A Canadian company has been ordered to pay about $19,000 to Canadian kosher certification agency COR, run by the Kashruth Council of Canada, for using its logo on products that aren’t certified kosher ...

Everything you need to know about Kosher for Passover food. chameleonseye / Getty Images The Kosher aisle at the supermarket looks a bit different every spring. Along with the cherished yellow-capped ...