FAQs

Every single product entry will have a source of information. This can be found in "Additional Info", under "Update Source".

Always! As soon as the Guide or any bulletins are released, we post them for download on our site. Check Updates & Downloads for the latest updates and the most current Guide. If the copy is not recent, then Project Chodosh has not released a newer version. Once a new version is released, the previous one is sent to the..... Read More »

A date code that is given for the product made in the USA usually is the Chodosh cutoff date, meaning any date before that date is yoshon, and that date and after is chodosh. In Canada and other countries, it is often the yoshon cutoff date, meaning that date and earlier are yoshon, and will generally be stated "[date] or..... Read More »

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No, but we give you the tools to determine if it is yoshon or not. If it is yoshon, the status will be given under the product title. If it isn't automatically yoshon, it will have a date code or lot code to compare your product to.

Although Rabbi Avrohom Weinrib (Administrator of Cincinnati Kosher) is one of our Directors, our policy is not to answer Halachic questions. That being said, our information is gathered from reliable sources such as kashrut agencies and Project Chodosh.

No, it just means we have no information available on that particular product.

 

After you search for a product and click on its name or picture, the product will open on a new page. The Date Code or Status will be listed directly under the name of the product. The date of the last report on the product will be below this in green ("Updated As Of [Date of Update]"). Additionally, each one..... Read More »

Find the Date Code stamped on your product's package. This may be a "Best By" date, or a production date code. If the date on your package is earlier than that listed for the product on our site, it is considered Yoshon. If it is the same or later, it is Chodosh. For factory production codes (when applicable), the code..... Read More »

Products display the date of last update in green underneath the Date Code or Status below the product's name. We start updating as soon as possible whenever we get new information. PDF Copies of the Guide to Chodosh and updates from Kashrut agencies, are put on the site available for download within anywhere from a few minutes to a couple..... Read More »

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See our informative page, "What is Yoshon?"