date:Mar 20, 2013
mands that they place on their clients. The result is a race to the bottom.
The key to reliable private certification is harnessing the market demand for certification without succumbing to competitive pressures to cut corners. And this is precisely what the kosher certification system has achieved.
Kosher certification was not always so reliable. One hundred years ago, the kosher food industry was rife with fraud and corruption. The New York City Department of Markets estimated in 1925 that 4