New York – Brooklyn Kosher-Certification Agency Files Suit Against Local Stores It Claims Are Improperly Using Its Logo

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    Brooklyn, NY – A kosher-certification agency based in Crown Heights has filed suit against several local stores claiming that they are displaying its trademarked symbol without having properly been inspected by company rabbis.

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    NYPOST.com (http://bit.ly/1RPW66v) reports that in court documents reps for Vaad Hakashrus of Crown Heights Inc. say their patented “CHK” logo was trademarked way back in 2006 insuring only the highest level of kosher quality, but now three Brooklyn liquor stores and two cafes—as well as an upstate liquor store in Ellenville—are improperly displaying the logo.

    The parties named in the suit filed in Brooklyn federal court are Kingston Bakery, Chocolatte, Eber’s Liquors & Wine, Wine by the Case and Responsible Liquor—all located in Brooklyn, and Ellenville’s Allied Wine.

    Upon learning of the conflict, the owner of Eber’s Liquors & Wines said the store immediately stopped using the logo, however, a Brooklyn industry expert said that the Vaad logo issue has already been settled in rabbinical court and that it was determined that the logo is community property.


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    8 years ago

    A frum yid and yirei shamayim can only rely upon a good chassideshe hashgacha, the gold standard of kashruth. Rav Osboda shlita supervises only the best of the best mashgichim who insist upon exacting kashrus standards with respect to foods that are pas yisroel, bishul yisroel and Cholov yisroel. It is highly unlikely that any other hashgacha in Crown Heights, Willy or even BP meets the standards originally set by Rav Marlow, Z’TL and continued by Rav Osboda shlita.

    yochy
    yochy
    8 years ago

    nonsense – I am in the business and there is not necessarily anything better about a hechsher being chassidish. Both types have their pros and cons. Don’t kid yourself please.

    8 years ago

    Sadly, Kashrut became a business today. It’s all about the money.

    Mashgicha
    Mashgicha
    8 years ago

    OU and Star-K provide professional training seminars open to the staff of Heimishe hechsherim where they can learn some of the sophisticated tools necessary to administer proper hashgacha in today’s food industry. Yiras Shomayim, open access to a world class posek who understands manufacturing and food science and who takes responsibility for his p’sokim, accountability, technical know-how, and solid administrative support are the pre-requisites of a reliable hechsher. Baruch HaShem, the major U.S. hashgochos (OU, Star-K, Kof-K, cRc) meet these criterion.

    Yaakov2
    Yaakov2
    8 years ago

    The true ownership of the CHK symbol is in dispute in the Goyishe courts now.

    However the Plaintiff in this so called “new case” now, has already lost the Din Torah, many years ago.

    This LOOSER of the Din Torah, now goes against the Din Torah, to Gosyishe Court?!

    We must all ask ourselves who’s Hechsher can you Trust, if 2 different parties, are in dispute, as to who owns the CHK Hechsher? So how do you know whom to trust?

    I think it’ self evident that the one who is in contempt of the Psak Din, of the Beis Din of Zabla, can’t be trusted.

    Because how can the Avaraham O. Hechsher, be Kosher if he himself is not Kosher?

    This is even more true in this case, which is primarily about a Hechsher on Wine.

    The Halacha is that if someone looses in a Din Torah and does not comply with the Psak Din and is therefore, Automatically in Contempt of Beis Din, such person:

    “His Wine is like Yayin Nesech”!
    The SHULCHAN ARUCH SAYS so, B’Ferush!

    So if the one giving the Hechsher, Avrohom O., is in contempt of Beis Din, and if he is not Kosher himself, so how can his products be Kosher?