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## Vegetables that the chance of finding a bug in a serving is 50% needs to be checked and the obligation to check is Biblical. If it was cooked without being checked after the fact the food is permitted since it could be that there weren't bugs and it could be that the bugs were crushed.<Ref>Badei Hashulchan 100:46 citing Shach 84:35</ref> | ## Vegetables that the chance of finding a bug in a serving is 50% needs to be checked and the obligation to check is Biblical. If it was cooked without being checked after the fact the food is permitted since it could be that there weren't bugs and it could be that the bugs were crushed.<Ref>Badei Hashulchan 100:46 citing Shach 84:35</ref> | ||
## Vegetables that the chance of finding a bug in a serving is greater than 50% then they are forbidden until it is completely checked. If it was cooked without being checked it is forbidden.<Ref>Badei Hashulchan 100:46</ref> | ## Vegetables that the chance of finding a bug in a serving is greater than 50% then they are forbidden until it is completely checked. If it was cooked without being checked it is forbidden.<Ref>Badei Hashulchan 100:46</ref> | ||
# With regard to fruits that are supposed to be checked, checking the majority of the fruits is not enough to ascertain that the rest are kosher. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 46:36 </ref> | # With regard to fruits that are supposed to be checked, checking the majority of the fruits is not enough to ascertain that the rest are kosher.<ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 46:36 </ref> | ||
# If one notices a dot (that is not moving) on a fruit or vegetable, but even someone familiar with insects cannot identify it as a bug without a microscope, it would be permitted. <ref> Halichos Shlomo Moadim (Pesach), pg. 176 and Shevet HaLevi 7:122 </ref> | # If one notices a dot (that is not moving) on a fruit or vegetable, but even someone familiar with insects cannot identify it as a bug without a microscope, it would be permitted.<ref> Halichos Shlomo Moadim (Pesach), pg. 176 and Shevet HaLevi 7:122 </ref> | ||
# Most poskim hold that you do not need to use a magnifying glass to check for bugs. <ref> Aruch HaShulchan YD 84:36, Iggerot Moshe YD II: 146, Halichos Shlomo, Moadim (Pesach) p. 176, and Yechave Daat 6:47. </ref> | # Most poskim hold that you do not need to use a magnifying glass to check for bugs.<ref> Aruch HaShulchan YD 84:36, Iggerot Moshe YD II: 146, Halichos Shlomo, Moadim (Pesach) p. 176, and Yechave Daat 6:47. </ref> | ||
# Even though bugs are disgusting nonetheless it would make a mixture forbidden since it is a living creature and isn't nullified.<ref>Pri Chadash 103:5 and Kaf Hachaim 103:5 unlike the Aruch Hashulchan 103:11. The Pri Chadash proves his point from the Rambam (Machalot Asurot 2:21). The Kaf Hachaim proves his point from the Shulchan Aruch 103:4 and Torat Chatat 85:24 (which was written by the Rama, but the version which is a proof is from an emendation and not the Rama). Some achronim including the Panim Meirot and Chavot Yair agree with the Aruch Hashulchan in explaining the Rama to mean that something isn't a briyah as long as it is now pagum since it is a bug. However, the Gra 103:2 and Pri Chadash 103:5 explain that the Rama is talking about a good tasting food that became spoiled.</ref> | # Even though bugs are disgusting nonetheless it would make a mixture forbidden since it is a living creature and isn't nullified.<ref>Pri Chadash 103:5 and Kaf Hachaim 103:5 unlike the Aruch Hashulchan 103:11. The Pri Chadash proves his point from the Rambam (Machalot Asurot 2:21). The Kaf Hachaim proves his point from the Shulchan Aruch 103:4 and Torat Chatat 85:24 (which was written by the Rama, but the version which is a proof is from an emendation and not the Rama). Some achronim including the Panim Meirot and Chavot Yair agree with the Aruch Hashulchan in explaining the Rama to mean that something isn't a briyah as long as it is now pagum since it is a bug. However, the Gra 103:2 and Pri Chadash 103:5 explain that the Rama is talking about a good tasting food that became spoiled.</ref> | ||
# If a hechsher is placed on a vegetable you can assume that it is permissible to eat without further checking unless stated explicitly. This doesn't necessarily mean that there are zero bugs in the bag. Either the hechsher might mean that the vegetable has a instance of infestation less than miyut hamatzuy (10%) and doesn't need checking, they rely upon checking three sample sizes in a larger batch, or they rely upon the washing and checking of the quality control supervisor of the company.<ref>[https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-kosher/in-the-bag-kosher-certification-of-bagged-salads/ OU Hechsherim on Salads]. The source for checking three out of a larger sample is from Tuv Taam Vdaat 1:123.</ref> | # If a hechsher is placed on a vegetable you can assume that it is permissible to eat without further checking unless stated explicitly. This doesn't necessarily mean that there are zero bugs in the bag. Either the hechsher might mean that the vegetable has a instance of infestation less than miyut hamatzuy (10%) and doesn't need checking, they rely upon checking three sample sizes in a larger batch, or they rely upon the washing and checking of the quality control supervisor of the company.<ref>[https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-kosher/in-the-bag-kosher-certification-of-bagged-salads/ OU Hechsherim on Salads]. The source for checking three out of a larger sample is from Tuv Taam Vdaat 1:123.</ref> | ||
