The Guide to Chodosh is issuing the following Yoshon
alert:
The Chodosh season in the U.S. is starting. The following are
the earliest estimated dates when Chodosh may be starting in
the United States. Those who want to be certain to eat only
Yoshon should avoid using freshly-baked bakery wheat products
starting Aug. 14 in the Midwest USA and Aug. 30 in the East
and Far West. Packaged foods may be Chodosh after the
following purchase dates: oats-Sept. 15, wheat-Sept. 17,
barley-Oct. 1.
Exact Chodosh cutoff dates for specific packaged foods will
be published in the Guide to Chodosh. In the interim, they
will be announced as they become known, as follows:
* Recorded in news messages on the Chodosh Hot Line. Dial 914-
356-7587 and press #1 for Chodosh News.
* If you have computer Email, send a message to: chodosh-
request@UserHome.com. On the first line of the body of the
message type: subscribe.
Printed Literature
Complete lists of Yoshon-related food product information, as
well as local Yoshon bakeries and other food producing
establishments, will be published in the three updated
editions of the Guide to Chodosh due out approximately in
Sept., 99, Dec. 99 and Feb. 00. These three issues of the
Guide plus a pre-season Bulletin will be mailed out to
subscribers.
To subscribe, issue a check for $12 (U.S.) made out to
"Chodosh Project" and send it to Y. Herman, 20 Sylvan Road,
Monsey, NY 10952.
Alternatively, single copies of each edition of the Guide
will be available for $5 each in Yerushalayim: Yekusiel
Herman, Rechov Hirshler 4, Ramat Shlomo, (02) 571-0229.
Two lists: "Yoshon with hashgocho" and "Yoshon without
hashgocho"
A major change in the Guide this year will be the division of
all items to the categories of "Yoshon with hashgocho" and
"Yoshon without hashgocho" The list of "Yoshon without
hashgocho" will include all products where the manufacturer,
baker or other producer states that the item is Yoshon, but
there is no mashgiach specifically for Yoshon. Most "Yoshon"
items listed in the Guide in previous years would have been
in this list. The new "Yoshon with hashgocho" classification
is reserved for all cases where the Yoshon status is
certified by a mashgiach. (The Guide does not provide or take
responsibility for any hashgochos.)
This includes almost exclusively items and companies from the
United States.
The Guide to Chodosh is a voluntary research project of
Yoseph Herman. It does not give any hashgochos or accept any
payments or donations. The fees collected for sale and
subscriptions of the Guide are used exclusively to cover the
costs of the project and related activities.
