Near East Whole Grain Blends Brown Rice Pilaf

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Rabbi, In the message Near East Whole Grain Blends Brown Rice Pilaf it was written

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Answered by Chaim Yisrael Abadi

Wow. Interesting. It is pareve, from what I can see on their website and the ingredient panel. I have no idea why the OU did that. They never fail to keep us working. I wonder if they will come up with a OUbugs label, one day. CYA Could it not be that Natural Flavors are Meat Derived? Would that not render the food Meat and not Parve?