{"id":110,"date":"2013-06-13T20:07:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T20:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-k.org\/articles\/?p=110"},"modified":"2013-10-29T18:26:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T18:26:02","slug":"determining-the-right-agency-for-your-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-k.org\/articles\/articles\/getting-certified\/certify-agency\/110\/determining-the-right-agency-for-your-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Determining the right agency for your needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you go about selecting the right kosher certification that will satisfy your company\u2019s particular needs?
\n<\/b>Unless you are a local retail establishment whose kosher certification needs are best satisfied by the local rabbinical council, you are about to undergo a bewildering journey of trying to compare the merits of several different certifications. All kosher certification organizations are not identical!
\n
\nIt is most important that you go about this process in the same manner that you would to choose an attorney, a financial consultant or a key employee. In short, do your homework! Asking the right questions and exploring all the options available in kosher certification may very likely spare your company an experience that can turn out to be a very unpleasant and expensive mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the beginning….
\n<\/b>Before you begin the task of interviewing and studying the pros and cons of individual certification agencies (the same is true even if you already have a certification and would like to consider a change), you need to understand that a reputable organization will not certify your company\u2019s products based solely on their trust of your company.<\/p>\n

Among many other things, the kosher certification agency requires:
\n<\/b><\/span>\u2022 plant visitations,
\n\u2022 extensive review of formulas and equipment,
\n\u2022 details regarding the sources of your raw materials,
\n\u2022 the right to audit documents pertaining to kosher matters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Expecting the kosher agency to issue a certification based on \u201ctrust\u201d is unrealistic. In fact, if an individual Rabbi or agency offers a certification based only on written communications, you ought to immediately suspect that such a certification is unlikely to grant you broad acceptability, since other reputable agencies will be unlikely to recognize the validity of such a certification. This in turn may necessitate your beginning the entire procedure of obtaining a certification again. Obviously, an unwelcome prospect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do you go about selecting the right kosher certification that will satisfy your company\u2019s particular needs?
\n<\/b>Unless you are a local retail establishment whose kosher certification needs are best satisfied by the local rabbinical council, you are about to undergo a bewildering journey of trying to compare the merits of several different certifications. All kosher certification organizations are not identical!
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