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Kosher foods are divided into three categories: meat (fleishig), dairy (milchig) and pareve.
Meat - For an animal to be kosher, it must have split hooves and it must chew its cud. (Examples: cow, goat, lamb). Kosher animals and fowl must be slaughtered by a shochet and then soaked and salted in accordance to Jewish law (halacha) to remove the blood.
Dairy - Milk and milk products (cheese, cream, butter, etc.) of a kosher animal are kosher and dairy. These may not be eaten in combination with meat or fowl.
Parve - Foods that contain neither meat nor dairy ingredients are termed "pareve” and may therefore be eaten with either. Parve foods includes: eggs, fish, fruit, vegetables and grains. Many candies and snacks are often parve as well.
MEAT AND DAIRY SEPARATION:
One of the basic principles of Kashrut is the complete separation of meat and dairy products. Meat and dairy may not be cooked or eaten together. The requirement to separate meat and dairy products applies not only to food, but also to the utensils used for storing, preparing, and serving these foods. Therefore, completely separate sets of pots, dishes, cutlery, etc., are standard in a kosher kitchen.
Shown below are the most common Kosher symbols you will find at your local grocery store.
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations
333 Seventh Avenue • New York, NY 10001
(212)563-4000, Fax:(212)564-9058
The Organized Kashruth Laboratories
1372 Carrol St. • Brooklyn, NY 11213
(718)756-7500, Fax:(718)756-7503
Vaad Hoeir of Saint Louis
4 Millstone Campus • St. Louis , MO 63146
(314)569-2770, Fax:(314)569-2774
KOF-K Kosher Supervision
1444 Queen Anne Road • Teaneck, NJ 07666
(201)837-0500, Fax:(201)837-0126
Star-K Kosher Certification
11 Warren Road • Baltimore, MD 21208-5234
(410)484-4110, Fax:(410)653-9294
Chicago Rabbinical Council
3525 W. Peterson Avenue, Suite 315 • Chicago, IL 60659
(312)588-1600, Fax:(312)588-2141
The Vaad Hakashrus of Denver
1350 Vrain Street • Denver, CO 80204
(303)595-9349, Fax:(303)629-5159
Texas K Kosher Supervision
3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 905 • Dallas, TX 75234
(214)247-1042, Fax:(214)247-1050
Vaad Hakashrus of Massachusetts
177 Tremont Street • Boston, MA 02111
(617)426-2139, Fax:(617)426-6268
National Kashrut
101 Route 306 • Monsey, NY 10952
(914)352-4448, Fax:(914)356-9756
K''hal Adath Jeshurun (Breuer''s)
85-93 Bennet Avenue • New York, NY 10033
(212)923-3582, Fax:(212)781-4275
Atlanta Kashruth Commission
1855 La Vista Road • Atlanta, GA 30329
(404)634-4063, Fax:(404)320-7912
Montreal Vaad Hair
5491 Victoria Avenue, Suite 117 • Montreal, H3W2P9 (Canada)
(514)270-2659, Fax:(514)739-7024
Vaad Harabanim of Greater Seattle
5100 South Dawson Street, Suite #102 • Seattle, WA 98118-2100
(206)760-2100, Fax:(206)760-0905
Kosher Supervision of America
P.O. Box 35721 • Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310)282-0444, Fax:(310)282-0505
Hashruth Council of Toronto
4600 Bathurst St. Suite 240 • North York, Ontario M2R3V2 (Canada)
(416)635-9550, Fax:(416)635-8760
Vaad Haskashrus of Dallas-THE "DK"
7900 Northaven Road • Dallas, TX 75230
(214)750-8223, Fax:(214)368-4709
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