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Pesach Products Directory 2010

Please read the following carefully:

1 This information booklet deals with food items and other products which may be used on Pesach. For details of how to prepare your home for Pesach and fulfil the mitzvot of the Seder, see the Pesach Handbook. Pesach is a time when even the most remote possibility of a questionable ingredient should be avoided. As even simple items such as table salt, instant tea and fruit juices have been found to contain actual Chametz, preference should always be given to products with recognised rabbinic endorsement. Therefore it is customary, where possible to buy only products bearing full rabbinic supervision.

2 Due to the many additives and the sophisticated production techniques used in today’s food industry, no processed food item, no matter how simple, should be used unless there is at least some kashrut investigation or supervision. All items must have at least a thorough preliminary investigation of ingredients and manufacturing techniques before they can be used. Many items can only be used if changes in ingredients or production techniques are made. Such items will then need full time supervision and may not be used without reliable endorsement. Other simple items, once they have been found to be free of restricted ingredients, may be used without any further supervision. These items do not have full-time supervision, but thorough investigation indicates that they are acceptable for Pesach use if purchased in sealed packs. However, in order to eliminate even the remote possibility of even a minute amount of Chametz which on Pesach itself cannot be nullified, all these products should be purchased before Pesach begins.

3 A wide range of local and imported products are produced under rabbinic supervision from other communities. The Kashrut Authority neither investigates nor necessarily endorses any such products. However only items with a “Kosher for Pesach” sign which also bears the name of the supervising authority printed on the package or tin should be used as proof of acceptability for Pesach. Past experience has shown that stickers bearing the words “Kosher for Passover” have been placed on articles which contain actual Chametz. It is the customer’s
responsibility to ensure that all articles purchased are indeed properly endorsed by a reliable authority. One should not rely on the shopkeepers however well intentioned they may be.

4. Some rabbinic authorities rely on leniencies not universally accepted both in regard to Kitniyot, Shemittah and other areas of halachah.

5. Be careful to carefully read the labels to see whether the product is kitniyot free. The Kashrut Authority recommends the Pesach supervision of the overseas rabbinic bodies listed on page 4 and their products are used at Kashrut Authority establishments. Regarding other rabbinic endorsements please check with The Kashrut Authority.

6. The Kashrut Authority has supervised production of a number of Passover items and they are so identified. Optimum supervised products bear the KA Kosher L’Pesach seal.

7 Matzah and matzah-meal are produced by many firms for year- round use and are not always kosher for Pesach. Please ensure that any matzah products used for Pesach bear a reliable rabbinic “Kosher for Pesach” endorsement, without which they must not be used on Pesach.
ABBREVIATIONS: (P) = Pareve (D) = Dairy

Paper & Paper Goods

Paper and paper goods (plates, paper towels, paper serviettes, etc.) produced in Australia may contain wheat starches that are chametz. Plastic coated plates may have been washed in chametz - derived alcohol. Therefore many are strict and do not use any of the above in contact with food unless they have a kashrut endorsement. Some authorities consider starch in the making of paper plates as non-food nullified before Pesach and allow their use.

All aluminium foil rolls produced in Australia are produced in a manner that allows their use on Pesach. Aluminium foil containers, however, may be coated with either non-kosher or chametz lubricants. Coated paper plates produced in the United States may contain maize cornstarch; however, most authorities permit their use due to maize corn-starch being only of a Kitniyot origin.

According to the stricter opinions recycled paper products should not be used in contact with food, as they may be made with recycled paper pulp that contains wheat starch. Australian made plastic tablecloths, plastic bags, plastic plates, plastic bowls, plastic cups, plastic cutlery, expanded polystyrene (foam) cups and paper cups (hot or cold) are produced chametz - free. Note however that some plastic tablecloths and some plastic bags come with a fine powder film; care should be taken as the powder may be chametz.

The following branded and non- branded products have been investigated and found to be chametz - free based on information supplied by the manufacturer. They have not been produced under supervision. No recycled products should be used.

Bi-Lo Oven Bags
Capral - Aluminium foil
Caprice - Serviettes, Table Covers, Paper Towel
Carter Holt Harvey/SCA Hygiene Australasia - All Paper Products
Cast Away - Easy Bake
Cling Wrap - All acceptable.
Confoil, Kaal, Kingfoil - Semi-rigid Aluminium foil containers are now produced with kosher lubricants and no longer require to be washed. However, some of the ingredients used in the kosher lubricant may be made in vessels that have had Chametz in them and therefore it is praiseworthy but not obligatory to wash these containers before Pesach use.
Cost Saver - Paper Towel
Creative Expressions - All products
Deeko - All Paper and Tissue products
Gilbert Foil - Aluminium Foil
Glad - Oven Bags and Baking Paper, all Plastic Bags, Freezer, Go Betweens
Handee - All products
Home Fashion - All products
Hygenex - All Paper and Paper Towel and Tissue products
Kaal - Aluminium Foil
Kleenex - Paper Towel, Tissue
OSO - Oven Bags
Parego - Serviettes
Purex - All Paper products
Scott - Tissues & Paper Towel
Special Occasions - All products
Sorbent - All paper products
Stewo - Serviettes
Thick & Thirsty - Paper & Towel
Viva - Paper Towel

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