Kashrus Agencies
Kashrus standards vary dramatically from agency to agency. Ask your rabbi which agencies to rely on.
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CALIFORNIA
Kashrus Information Bureau. (North Hollywood) www.kosherquest.com
WCRC-Badatz (West Coast Rabbinical Council). (Los Angeles) www.beth-din.org
"Half-Moon-K"/Kosher Overseers Associates of America. (Beverly Hills) www.kosher.org
Vaad Harabonim of San Diego. (San Diego) www.jewishsandiego.org/adatyeshurun
KSA/Kosher Supervision of America. (Los Angeles) www.primenet.com/~kosher
Rabbinical Council of California. (Los Angeles) www.rccvaad.org
COLORADO
"Scroll-K"/Vaad Hakashrus of Denver. (Denver) www.iex.net/arcpac/vaad
CONNECTICUT
Kashrut Commission of Greater Hartford. (Hartford) www.bethdavidwh.org
Rabbi Michael Whitman. (New Haven) www.youngisrael.org/yinh
WASHINGTON, DC
Vaad Harabanim of Greater Washington. (Washington, DC) www.capitolk.org
GEORGIA
Atlanta Kashrus Commission. (Atlanta) www.kosheratlanta.org
MARYLAND
Star-K Kosher Certification. (Baltimore) www.star-k.org
MINNESOTA
United Mehadrin Kosher. (St. Paul) www.umkosher.com
NEW JERSEY
Kof-K Kosher Supervision. (Teaneck) www.kof-k.org
Double-U Kashrus. (Lakewood) www.kosherconsumer.org
NEW YORK
"OK"/The Organized Kashrus Laboratories. (Brooklyn) www.ok.org
Star-D Kosher Supervision. (New York) www.youngisrael.org
"OU"/Orthodox Union/The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations. (New York) www.ou.org
"sVs"/South Shore Vaad. (Long Beach) www.yilb.com
Vaad Harabonim Hachareidim of Oceanside. (Oceanside) www.yi-oceanside.org
United Kosher Supervision. (Monsey) www.koshernews.com
Natural Food Certifiers. (Scarsdale) www.naturalfoodcertifiers.com
Vaad Hakashrus of Westchester. (Yonkers) www.geocities.com/~bethshalom
OHIO
Vaad Hoier of Cincinnati. (Cincinnati) www.cincinnati-kosher.com
Vaad Ho-ir of Columbus. (Columbus) www.well-being.com/vaadho-ir
OREGON
Rabbi Yonah H. Geller. (Portland) www.aracnet.com/~torah
PENNSYLVANIA
K-O Kosher Service. (Philadelphia) www.ko-kosher-service.org
SOUTH CAROLINA
Brith Shalom Beth Israel. (Charleston) members.aol.com/sholomsc
TEXAS
The Houston Kashruth Association. (Houston) www.oush.org
VIRGINIA
Vaad Hakashrus of Richmond. (Richmond) www.erols.com/kbi6300/vaad.html
Kashrus standards vary dramatically from agency to agency. Ask your rabbi which agencies to rely on.
AUSTRALIA
The NSW Kashrut Authority. (Bondi) www.ka.org.au
BELGIUM
Bes Din Zedek of the Antwerp Orthodox Community/Shomrei Hadas. (Antwerp) members.net4all.be/shomre-hadas
BRAZIL
Departamento de Mivtsa Kashrut. (Rio de Janeiro) www.beitlubavitch.org.br
CANADA
Grand Rabbinat du Quebec. (Montreal) www.cedep.com/rabbinat
Orthodox Rabbinical Council of British Columbia. (Richmond) www.bckosher.org
Vaad Ha-ir of Winnipeg. (Manitoba) jewishwinnipeg.org
CZECH REPUBLIC
The Orthodox Council of Kashrus MaHaRa"L. (Prague) www.kosher.cz
ENGLAND/UNITED KINGDOM
Beth Din of the Federation of Synagogues. (London) www.kfkosher.org
Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din. (London) www.kosher.org.uk
MEXICO
Vaad Hakashrut of the Ashkenazi Community of Mexico. (Acapulco) www.kosher.net.mx
Kashrut Deparntment of the Maguen David Community in Mexico City. (Mexico City) www.kosher.com.mx
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland Hebrew Congregation. (Auckland) www.ahc.org.nz
Wellington Hebrew Congregation. (Wellington) members.zoom.com/wjcc_home
SOUTH AFRICA
Kashrus Department of the Beth Din of Johannesburg. (Johannesburg) www.uos.co.za
SINGAPORE
American-Asian Kosher Services. (Singapore) www.kashrus.org
Kashrus standards vary dramatically from agency to agency. Ask your rabbi which agencies to rely on.