OU Kosher has agreed to the request of Emirati officials to oversee the certification of kosher food throughout the Emirates.
Following OU Kosher’s supervision of the preparation of kosher food for the Israeli-US delegation to Abu Dhabi last week, OU Kosher will now be the leading kosher certification agency in the UAE and will work in cooperation with the local Jewish community.
“As the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates continues to grow and due to the influx of Jewish tourists, there is a need for kosher food and a certification that is internationally known,” said OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Menachem Genack.
“We thank the UAE government for reaching out to us to provide this service and are looking forward to partnering with the local Jewish community to provide kosher food and certification.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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KACHING!
Stop spreading misinformation this is not the OU the reliable hechsher in America it is OUisrael a hechsher that most frum people don’t rely on
Will it be based in the US, or will this hashgacha be part of OU-Israel?
Censor1, stop talking nonsense. OU-Israel is the same organization as the USA and it is every bit as reliable. Anyone who relies on the OU in the USA but not in Israel is just being silly. And you see that the statement came from Rabbi Genack.
OU and OU Israel ARE THE SAME EXACT HECHSHER!! There is no difference, just Israeli chareidim who think the OU is too “modern” for them.
The OU says this on their website:
https://oukosher.org/faqs/ou-israel/