French Fires

Asked by Jay · January 15, 2004 · Kashrut

Question

Why did you say that the French Fries with natural flavor from beef source was treif. Haven't you said on numerous occasions that natural flavors, no matter what their source, are not a problem

Answer

Answered by Chaim Yisrael Abadi

I asked my father the question and that is what he said. The reason he gave me is because since they wrote beef next to "natural flavoring" when it is not required to be written, then there may be a significant amount. (check out the regulations at http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/fcf101.html) CYA