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==Meat Products Delivered by a Non-Jew==
==Meat Products Delivered by a Non-Jew==
#If the shape of the slices of meat are distinguishable due to a specially shaped cut or a there is a special string strung through the meat which you know as a sign of Kashrut, then you can eat such meat when it is delivered to you by a non-Jew.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 118:5</ref>
#If a non-Jew delivered you several pieces of meat and some had Kosher-signs and some did not, if there is reason to think that some were switched then the ones without Kosher-signs are forbidden.<ref>Rama Y.D. 118:5</ref> This would be true even if all the pieces of meat in question were in a bag together with a single seal.<ref>Kaf HaChaim Y.D. 118:64</ref>
#If you got a piece of thigh meat delivered by a non-Jew, and it is cut in such a way that makes it clear that only a Jewish butcher could have slaughtered this piece of meat (because the sciatic nerve is removed seamlessly) then no seal is needed, because this is an absolute sign of Kosher meat.<ref>Pri Toar Y.D. 188:8</ref>
#Consider a case where someone sent a bird with a non-Jewish messenger to get slaughtered in a Kosher way. If the delivery person comes back with a slaughtered bird, it is okay to eat if you can identify something unique about the bird which assures you that this bird was yours previously.<ref>Minchat Yaakov Klal 32:40, cited in Bein Yisrael LNachri 17:10.</ref>
##If, however, you send the non-Jew with money for the Shechita, or the place of Shechitta is very far away, then it is not okay to eat the bird that he the delivery person comes back with, as he would have great motivation to slaughter the animal himself, pocket the money, and avoid the long travels.<ref>Shach Y.D. 118:26</ref>


==Butter Delivered by a Non-Jew==
==Butter Delivered by a Non-Jew==