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 ...

(JTA) — The owner of the deli that was the main outlet for kosher food in Liverpool, England, was “completely broken” after being forced to paint over the sign identifying the store as kosher. Hours ...

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 ...

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 ...

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner has spent over a decade working as a writer in New York City. She currently covers all aspects of food, dining, travel and lifestyle trends and the intersection of culture, ...