Marit Ayin/Suspicious actions: Difference between revisions

  The halachos of maris ayin arise quite frequently. For example, one may go into a Kosher supermarket and see kosher shrimp with excellent hashgachas.<ref>Among them are the KOF-K and OK. </ref> It has become very common today for people to consume surimi products. Real shrimp is obviously not Kosher since it does not have the necessary simonim<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 83:1. </ref> for a kosher fish. Therefore, is there a problem of maris ayin since people may see one eating this product? Can one use pareve creamer with coffee? Is there a need to place the bottle next to the coffee? There is a restaurant which recently began making cheeseburgers using pareve cheese. Is there a concern of maris ayin while eating this, since people see that one is eating them? Can one walk into a non-kosher restaurant to use the bathroom? Is one allowed to walk into a non-kosher restaurant to meet with clients? Is there a concern of maris ayin with a mashgiach walking into a non-kosher restaurant in order to do reverse certification (see footnote)?<ref>Reverse certification is when a company gives a hechsher on a restaurant etc and the owner has a different store which is non-kosher. The mashgiach goes into the non-kosher store to make sure no non-kosher is going out with the kashrus label on the product. </ref> All these questions and others will be discussed below.