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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a notable change from the past, the world’s largest kosher certifier OU is now recommending that even unflavored beer ...

Robert Kaye was “completely broken” by the rabbinical court decision, his partner told a coroner’s inquest. (JTA) — The owner of the deli that was the main outlet for kosher food in Liverpool, England ...

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 ...

Union (OU) isn’t laughing. In May, Castaic resident Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik started YidGear.com, an online T-shirt shop that features humorous Jewish slogans — some mellow, some crude. One of the more ...