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yehudayona
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Here’s an example of a so-called heimish hechsher being more lax than a mainstream one. Many kosher stores carry name-brand bagged salads with a yellow sticker attached indicating that according to whoever puts the sticker on, there’s no infestation problem. When the mainstream hashgacha (Star-K or OK) determines there’s an infestation, they don’t allow their symbol to be stamped on the bag (otherwise it’s inkjetted along with the use-by date and lot number). On many occasions I have seen yellow-stickered bags of salad without the mainstream hashgacha.