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Asked by Yaakov · January 8, 2004 · Kashrut

Question

This actually happened, what to do? If a person sliced onions with a milchig knife, and then placed the onions into a food processor for further processing, and eventually used the onions in preparing a fleishig meal, has any issue regarding tarfus occured? Because onions, and the like, are a davar charif, would one be required to have separate food processors in order to avoid any question of treif?

Answer

Answered by Chaim Yisrael Abadi

THIS IS A CLARIFICATION - If you "know" that the knife was used with kli rishon milchig, within the last 24 hours, then if the onions are in the fleishig food then it is no good, but if you do not "know" or the onions are in a pareve food that you are eating with fleishig, then you can eat it. If you can separate the onions from the meat then you can even eat the meat. The food processor does not become dairy. You do not need two food processors because it is always used for kli sheni. Onions are a safek whether they are a Davar Charif. CYA