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Record Nr.

UNINA9910840965803321

Autore

Blech Zushe Yosef

Titolo

Kosher food production [[electronic resource] /] / by Zushe Yosef Blech

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-282-37151-7

0-8138-0475-2

0-470-75264-5

9786612371516

1-282-04231-9

9786612042317

0-8138-0480-9

0-470-75266-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (549 p.)

Disciplina

296.73

664

Soggetti

Jews - Dietary laws

Kosher food industry - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Kosher Food Production; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; 1. Kosher Certification: Theory and Application; 2. Basic Halachic Concepts in Kashrus; 3. Ingredient Management; 4. Rabbinic Etiquette; 5. Kosher for Passover; 6. Fruit and Vegetables; 7. The Baking Industry; 8. The Biotechnology Industry; 9. The Dairy Industry; 10. The Fish Industry; 11. The Flavor Industry; 12. The Meat and Poultry Industries; 13. The Oils, Fats, and Emulsifier Industries; 14. The Food-Service Industries

15. The Candy and Confection Industries16. The Snack Food Industry; 17. Essays in Kashrus and Food Science; Kashrus Glossary for the Food Technologist,; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<b>Rabbi Zushe Blech</b> is considered one of the world's leading experts in modern Kosher food production and technology, serving for



over twenty years in administrative and field positions relating to all aspects of Kosher certification. He served for fourteen years as a regional director for the <i>Kashrus</i> division of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (the "OU"), and has since served as a technical and <i>Halachic</i> consultant to virtually all of the major <i>Kashrus</i> certifying agencies worldwide. He has written and lectured throughout the world on the entire g