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NEWS
Kashrus Certification Now Required for Over-the-Counter
Drugs
By Betzalel Kahn
Following a new law that permits the sale of over-the-counter
medications at supermarket chains the Chief Rabbinate, in
coordination with the Health Ministry's department for drug
and pharmaceutical registration, decided that companies will
be able to label over-the-counter medication kosher only upon
receiving Rabbinate approval.
Medications were not given kashrus certification in the past
because as prescription medicines it was assumed that they
were administered in cases of more serious illness. However
the Chief Rabbinate's involvement is now necessary since over-
the-counter medicines are not intended only for cases of
serious illness and are sold in supermarkets, which are
permitted to sell only kosher products.
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