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Dairy Traces in Paskesz Parve Coins

Beware: Sara Chana Silverstein says her son who is allergic to dairy nearly died of anaphylactic shock after eating Paskez chocolate coins labeled "Parve." Full Story

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Dairy Equipment Treif
December 13, 2018 1:18 am

Bsd
We who do not use Colov Akum because it is ossur according to the Shulchan Aruch makes anything cooked or baked in cholov akum dairy equipment that is not kashered beforehand TREIF

Same. For. Me
December 10, 2018 6:35 pm

Two chanukkahs ago I was so excited to see see nut free parve gelt. I ate it and also had the same issue had to use epi and go to emergency on Shabbos. It was horrible. Now I read even parve labels they should mark it dairy equipment.

Yankel Goldstein
December 10, 2018 9:05 am

Some years ago the daughter of a friend of mine living in Crown Heights bought a” PARVE” Danish from a well known local dairy . She bit into it and as she walked a short distance towards her home she went into shock , collapsed , and was niftar . She was allergic to dairy products and the keilim were not properly cleaned and had traces of MILK in them. Needless to say the bakery closed and went out of business shortly after this incident . If you are lactose intolerant be very careful of Parve products you eat .… Read more »

To # 74 from #71
December 10, 2018 1:25 am

I think if you take a second look, you will notice that I used the word “SOME”. I used that word specifically so as NOT to generalize. I do not like generalizations toward any group of people, because clearly not all of a particular group should be placed and labeled in that way. I am not a bigot, for sure. What I WAS saying is that I have been in scenarios where, as a Jew myself, I was disappointed in various disrespectful behaviors/conversations I saw or heard. As a human being, I am disappointed when ANYone speaks or behaves disrespectfully… Read more »

Mrs. Silverstein is simply trying to HELP others here!!!!
December 9, 2018 11:49 pm

She is trying to make the point that the main label of the product is misleading IF you are buying for someone with a milk allergy! She is trying to save others from the same nearly tragic situation. Baruch Hashem her son was prepared and able to save himself. Yes, this situation was preventable. The vast majority of auto collisions should also not be called “accidents” because they, too, are preventable! Should an army of fellow Yidden point out rather obnoxiously how their collision was preventable every time someone has a fender-bender (or worse, C”V)? Let’s not bash Mrs. Silverstein,… Read more »

To #77
December 9, 2018 11:45 pm

You said it best

Dear panel of experts
December 9, 2018 11:43 pm

Wow. A mother whose child has a life-threatening reaction posts information as a PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. Why? Because she doesn’t want others to make the same mistake. Because she cares. But in an obscene twist, the local panel of experts has determined that she was at fault and has signed and sealed her conviction. Could she have done better? Yes. All of us can do better at lots of things. Could the company do better? Yes. Where does the blame lie? IT DOESN’T MATTER. That isn’t the point of this article. The point is that people with allergies need to… Read more »

What I think I can learn from all this is that it’s better to
December 9, 2018 11:31 pm

Err on the side of Caution. It’s not just only one company’s standard,
it’s straight across the board. This is the result of general rules and guidelines for pareve, vegan, etc., Besuras Tovos.

Anaphylaxis is a reaction
December 9, 2018 10:37 pm

People are not anaphylactic. The shock or reaction is. People are severely allergic.

Unfortunately you can't sue Pashckes
December 9, 2018 10:30 pm

Neither because of pareve – it’s clear from OU/OK kashrut polices, nor because of vegan – 6. WHAT ABOUT PRODUCTS THAT SAY “MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK PRODUCTS” OR “PROCESSED IN A FACILITY THAT MANUFACTURES MILK PRODUCTS”, ARE THEY SUITABLE FOR VEGANS? This simply means that milk is not an added ingredient, but a very small amount may have come in contact with the food. This is really intended for people with severe allergies where even the tiniest amount of cross-contamination with an allergen could cause them to have an allergic reaction. Sometimes companies that don’t even use these ingredients… Read more »

Thanks for sharing
December 9, 2018 9:55 pm

My daughter is allergic to dairy and I also trust frum companies when the product is labled parve. I will be more careful now to check the fine print even on heimishe products

Sorry to hear but...
December 9, 2018 8:11 pm

If in doubt do without !!!!

Allergies
December 9, 2018 7:45 pm

Thanks for sharing.So sorry this happened .Glad that your son is ok.Hopefully by sharing this it will prevent this from happening to others.

It absolutely can be labeled vegan and contain traces of milk
December 9, 2018 7:41 pm

Many of the non-Jewish owned restaurants that have recently gotten hechsherim are considered DE, because the standards for vegan verification are much lower than those for kashrus certification. That’s why you can’t rely on a product labeled vegan that it is kosher. My daughter is allergic to eggs and she once ate a Dr Praeger veggie burger labeled vegan and had a similar situation as described in the article. It was very scary but totally her fault. It says clearly on the packaging that it may contain traces of egg. She should have checked and she didn’t. I’m so sorry… Read more »

It does NOT say allergy free
December 9, 2018 6:42 pm

It says nut free, and gluten free. That means even traces. You had no right to assume it was also dairy free. If it were it would have said so.

Open Apikorsus
December 9, 2018 6:35 pm

Anyone who does not believe in bitul is an apikores. If halocho says something is parev, then you have NO RIGHT to treat it as milchig, or to be upset when it is presented to you as parev. If there’s a machlokes you can hold like the stricter opinion, but if there is no stricter opinion then you MUST treat it as parev. And how much more so do you have no right to claim that it’s not vegan. Trace amounts of meat or milk do not make something not vegan. They do not affect the product’s nutritional value, so… Read more »

Paszkes are Jewish too
December 9, 2018 6:31 pm

We have the SAME obligation of ahavas yisroel to Paszkes as we do to Ms Silverstein. All those who complain that most commenters are being “cold” and “mean” to Ms Silverstein are HYPOCRITES because they are being cold and mean to Paszkes. They don’t give a d*mn about a good Jewish company being slandered and losing business. This attitude that because it’s a business your can say what you like about it is contrary to the law and contrary to halocho. I accuse Ms Silverstein of deliberately harming a yid’s parnossa, and if I were the company’s owner I would… Read more »

To #71 your comment is troubling
December 9, 2018 5:41 pm

What a sweeping generalization I see in your comment: ” I am also bothered by the blatant lack of respect I observe within some so-called frum circles. It’s troubling.” Wow. What’s with all the bigotry anyway?

Raw sundlower seeds
December 9, 2018 5:25 pm

Also says on the label: may contain traces of soy, milk, peanuts…

Today’s manufacturing produces many different items in the same factories.

To # 65
December 9, 2018 4:43 pm

There were no names posted, so there is nothing to assume about names. I for one haven’t even used Paskesz products, not for any particular reason, other than I don’t have little ones who would appreciate them. It is a terribly frightening experience for Mrs. Silverstein’s family and I’m extremely happy to know all is well, thank G-d, but the onus of responsibility falls on the adult son, I believe, to beware of these possibilities when buying prepared food items in the future.

To #54
December 9, 2018 4:21 pm

Thank you, thank you! I wish I could meet you one day. Although others have made reasonable comments, it seems to me most are cold-hearted. People are not a business. We can all learn something from your depth of thought!
So the mother and son may not have been on top of the nuances of allergies, or maybe their awareness had a lapse. It happens.
And yes, I am also bothered by the blatant lack of respect I observe within some so-called frum circles. It’s troubling.

Different for kosher and Non kosher products
December 9, 2018 4:08 pm

BC of the pareve status people assume dairy free. Non kosher products don’t have this misleading indicator.

But anaphylactic people need to do their due diligence and not rely on kashrus status

Comment #54 re Schmerling
December 9, 2018 2:31 pm

Please be aware that most Schmerling’s Chocolate products contain in their listed ingredients hazelnuts and/or almonds. In addition all Parve products state in their allergen warning: produced in a facility that also manufactures milk and soy products. For reasons posted in comment #41.

I'm sorry to say
December 9, 2018 2:26 pm

But anyone who knows a little about kashrus, and a little about allergies, knows that the standards are completely different. Trace airborne amounts of dairy may still be present even while high standards of halacha are met. Kashrus is a spiritual diet and not an allergen free one. No blame here at all, but it is surprising that someone with an anaphilectic allergy wouldn’t read the complete label. The notes are there to protect you. And by the way, the reverse is true- There’s a special formula for babies with multiple allergies, that is dairy free according to high allergy… Read more »

Epipen
December 9, 2018 2:17 pm

Boruch Hashem, your son is well. Thank G-d, for Epipens. Please make sure he tells his work of his allergy and that he should train them in the use of an epipen, if the need, G-d forbid, arises again. Everyone should view this site: https://www.epipen.ca/en/about-epipen/how-to-use
Please let us know what Paskesz says about the product. Hope it is “just” an allergen problem and not a kashrus issue. Sorry your Chanukah was so upsetting. May Hashem make miracles for people with severe allergy problems so that they should have a refuah shlaima

Ask the OK
December 9, 2018 1:59 pm

“In the Oct. ’97 issue of Jewish Homemaker, Rabbi Don Yoel Levy of the O.K. Laboratories explained that due to lack of cooperation from manufacturers, many machineries are not mastered to the point where the pareve chocolates made on dairy equipment are truly pareve לכל הדעות.” From The Laws Of Pesach by Rabbi Blumenkrantz. This was from over 20 years ago. Things may have changed since then. Ask the OK.

Thank you for article
December 9, 2018 1:59 pm

Why did the label say “may contain traces of milk” and it is still labeled “VEGAN”. Try this one on for size…. The hot dog said KOSHER on the front so I did assume the small writing on the back would say “there may be traces of pork in this product because we use the same machine to make pork chops”. The misrepresentation of Vegan let a reasonable consumer to believe there was no milk and no milk traces in product. The unusual animosity of many comments is an indication many comments are under assumed names of people who work… Read more »

False advertising
December 9, 2018 1:57 pm

Traces of milk cannot be vegan.
Thank you to the author for bringing this to our attention.
Keep higher standards of kashrus- go vegan.

Could be pareve but cause milk allergies
December 9, 2018 1:51 pm

The pareve and milchig candies might have a common packing line , or there could be airborne dairy dust. Packing equipment, for example, does not involve and cooking or heat and therefore does not require kashering from milichigs to pareve. However, extensive buildup of residue from dairy products could potentially affect the status of non-dairy products packaged on the same equipment afterwards. However, if the equipment is cleaned properly to remove any unwanted dairy residue before a pareve product is exposed to the equipment, there is no kashrus issue, although it can cause allergen problems. product may be 100% pareve, but… Read more »

For all those wondering why we're bashing her for her mistake
December 9, 2018 1:46 pm

If she’d written this article as a warning to always read the small print when you have an allergy to milk, nuts, soy, etc. Then I doubt anyone would be bashing her but when you write an article about how you made a mistake but decided that it’s the company’s fault then you can expect people to stand up for the company and no I don’t think everyone defending paskesz actually has something to do with them and that’s why they’re defending them I think everyone who’s defending them just knows hilchos kashrus and some of them also know a… Read more »

A lucky escape, B"H!
December 9, 2018 1:37 pm

But is it fair to blame Paskesz? It seems the warning is standard. I don’t have allergies but I usually read product/ingredient information, if only to see what garbage is put into packaged goods. I am surprised mom & adult son don’t double check as a matter of course, although I get what she says about pareve being pareve i.e. no milk.

Parve is a halachic label, not a medical one
December 9, 2018 1:33 pm

Everybody with severe allergies must be extra careful and not rely solely on a PARVE label. The product DID state that it could contain traces of dairy, so , not their fault.

Still not milcheg
December 9, 2018 1:13 pm

The amount that can cause a reaction is smaller then the amount that would make something halachacly dairy, always read the fine print

To comment 54
December 9, 2018 1:03 pm

I’m not connected to any chocolate company, but I know people who only eat milchig chocolate if it’s Shmerling! I’ve been told their hashgocha doesn’t use any heteirim when koshering their equipment- unlike other hashgochos!

Unless you only eat strictly home cooked foods,
December 9, 2018 12:41 pm

you should be extremely careful to examine labels of industrial processed & prepared food items. Fact of life! Very sorry for your son’s experience. Hope it will never happen again.

Larry
December 9, 2018 12:27 pm

It is the company’s fault. for all practical purposes if a kid who has an allergic reaction to dairy gets sick means there’s traces of dairy in it how could they write that It is parve and I eat it with milk as an observant Jew I’m getting spiritually sick.PS yes I believe if Your kid is that sensitive no matter what you have to read every label of any product before you give it to your child

Don't bash the company
December 9, 2018 12:19 pm

Whether the company is heimish or not, no matter how well you clean machines in between runs there will ALWAYS be minute traces of allergens from prior batches left behind, they can even be airborne. Don’t blame paskez. If someone is sensitive enough to carry an epi pen you can’t just rely on a hecsher, always read the fine print lest a medical emergency arise. All. Companies give this warning on shared lines. I hope your failure to be a careful consumer doesn’t cause a loss of business for Paskez.

allergies
December 9, 2018 12:11 pm

i wast in Australia and every item that said Nut free, dairy free soy free, , gluten free.. if you look at the ingredients it says May contain nuts, milk, soy gluten etc…. I know when things say nut free. most pareve chocolate, has traces of nuts or soy, except for Schmerling. you have to smell, double check and hope for the best….

Learning Torah
December 9, 2018 11:59 am

Best way to celebrate victory of Chanuka is learning Torah
Let’s lean more Halacha and know what Parve means
Some people think “traces of milk is not Parve anymore” and it’s not like this
People who have allergies please don’t eat any chocolate , don’t play games

Milk traces
December 9, 2018 11:51 am

The equipment is kashered 100% l’halacha, and even L’chumra. But there is no way to remove the milk powder that is in the air. If a person is anaphylactic to milk, they understand that. Therefore, I am sorry Sara Chana, especially a person like yourself, who is a self proclaimed alternative medicine guru with a rightfully deserved very impressive following, you my dear, messed up. You should have known better than to assume anything about the chocolate you bought. Every person with anaphylactic allergies is taught to read the labels, because a company makes sure that their warnings are on… Read more »

BH your son is alive and took his epipen with him ans admot it
December 9, 2018 11:50 am

As a mother of few allergic kids I’m not buying anything that was made in a milk 🥛 or eggs 🥚 facility , better safe then sorry … I would love that all chocolate 🍫 companies will label 🏷 their products as not save if have traces of milk 🥛 or nuts 🥜- specially good for Shcool Parties where “ May contain milk or nuts or produced in not milk /nut free facilities “ served to allergic kids that don’t know how to read the labels … Sorry for your experience but as adult and educated in all u need… Read more »

Why the negative comments
December 9, 2018 11:47 am

She and simply trying to bring awareness.

Agree with #26
December 9, 2018 11:43 am

And adding the word ‘vegan’ to parev would make the average person Not expect there to be traces of dairy.

^5 @ # 22
December 9, 2018 11:24 am

The larger bold print “Vegan” label was a misrepresentation which caused the consumer to assume there could be no traces of milk in the product. Consumers need to be protected from false advertising which caused them not to inquire further

Shocked
December 9, 2018 11:08 am

Wow, people are mean and cold here. Thank you for bringing awareness that labels could be misleading and we have to be so careful to read.
Would have never thought A jewish company labeling something parve would actually have dairy in it. Good to know.
Glad your son is ok. That must have been so frightening!!

To borrow from the anti-vaxxers
December 9, 2018 11:08 am

Read the label.
(And have a basic understanding of how corporate kashrus and allergies work)

With you
December 9, 2018 11:04 am

All the comments attacking you, are because they have something to do with paszkes or they work for a hechsher company. Only defending the undefendable.

To # 18
December 9, 2018 10:22 am

You sound like a you’re clearly still traumatised after all these years of product recall !
Chanukah Sameach.

Glad ur son is ok
December 9, 2018 10:00 am

Thank you for bringing awareness to this issue. I’m happy your son is ok.

No chiddush here
December 9, 2018 9:58 am

About 13 years ago, i Saw that something marked parve had Traces of milk
Looked into it and traces of milk does NOT render it dairy. In short, allergy laws are more “strict” than laws of kashrut. So Im surprised you just noticed this now. Perfectly kosher parve but not perfectly dairy free. Not a contradiction.

Do a little research
December 9, 2018 9:38 am

before posting your ignorance.
from OK labs:
“A pareve product may say, “May contain traces of milk,” on the label because some people are allergic to dairy on such a severe level that they will have a reaction from airborne particles of dairy being present during production. Airborne particles do not pose any kashrus issue, so this is merely an allergen warning.”

No point in bashing the author
December 9, 2018 9:32 am

Seems like she was trying to point out that she could not believe that there was even a small amount of dairy in a paskesz parve product It would be an assumption on most people if they buy a parve product it is parve and no dairy in it. For many of us even to have a small amount of dairy in our parve product is a big no no. Paskesz should have made this clear on the front right near where it says nut free. Again, when you are buying a parve product you assume that it is just… Read more »

Take responsibility for your own mistake
December 9, 2018 9:30 am

Paskesz did nothing different than any other food company here. Everyone with food allergies knows you don’t rely on the kosher markings – you need to check the allergy warnings.

Why
December 9, 2018 9:25 am

Why isn’t the milk warning also in bold like the soy?
Thank you COL for sharing

In Israel, there is noone to sue
December 9, 2018 9:17 am

In America you could sue Paskez. In Israel, everyone would laugh at you. The case would get nowhere, because all the companies do the same thing. Unfortunately, since everyone thinks this is normal, nothing is ever done. In fact, they will blame you, the consumer.

In Israel, one can legally write misleading labels
December 9, 2018 9:13 am

Unfortunately, in Israel, one is allowed to write “Parve” and put milk in the ingredients section. Advertising like this pervades every industry, and Israeli laws appear to support the practice. As such, if you are buying an Israeli product, despite what the label purports, make sure its the specifications its supposed to be. For example, Cell phone companies are allowed to advertise: UNLIMITED MINUTES. But when you read the contract details, its usually 3000 or 5000 minutes. This is what happens when you don’t have a Torah Government.

Thanks for bringing to my attention
December 9, 2018 9:09 am

I too have a son with severe allergies, and even though we check ingredients before he eats anything, some times you can miss something. So sorry this happened to your son- I know how scary it is when they stop breathing, but from those who have kids with anaphylactic allergies, thank you for making us aware of this product.

To #26
December 9, 2018 9:05 am

NO I’m NOT a Paskesz employee.
My son has quite a few allergies.
He checks & re-checks labels before he eats ANYTHING.
I’m sorry, but this one is yours & your sons fault.
Forwarned is …..

STOP
December 9, 2018 8:56 am

stop trying to blame someone for your own mistake. from the picture you post it says clearly IN THE INGREDIENTS that it may contain traces of milk. when I buy anything for my friends child who is allergic to soy, I make sure to read the ingredients before I buy. If she is looking for a cause, there are many more worthwhile and far less agitating one she can get involved in.

Seruously
December 9, 2018 8:37 am

Check the label if your son has allergies

Don't get it!!!
December 9, 2018 8:31 am

If it’s parve, why might there be traces of milk? So it’s not parve!!!!

I too was fooled
December 9, 2018 8:25 am

This week my son had a reaction from the same product. He was in school and BH was able to realize he was having an allergic reaction. Thank you COL for posting this. Usually companies will put their allergy warnings as noticeable as possible. What’s more confusing is that they write soy in bold and milk is obscure.

I'm sorry that happened!!
December 9, 2018 8:16 am

I am so sorry that this happened to your son. Baruch HaShem he is doing fine.

Always read the label/allergy warnings
December 9, 2018 7:24 am

I don’t have any kids with allergies but I read the back of the box and noticed the “traces of dairy” warning immediately. I’m surprised someone with serious allergies doesn’t automatically read every label/ look for the allergy warning, before prurchasing/eating.

Oy no
December 9, 2018 7:10 am

I’m sorry you had to go through this. Thanks for the warning

To all those saying it’s her fault
December 9, 2018 6:59 am

Unless you are a pashkez employee or have something personal against the person who wrote the article, you wouldn’t write so passionately against the writer.

Motzi Shem Ra
December 9, 2018 6:22 am

I’m sorry that this happened to you. However, a person with allergies needs to be aware that the Halachos that determine a food to be considered Parev do not in any shape or form help to determine a food to be completely milk free. Pashkez does clearly note that the chocolate is nut and gluten free, implying it takes allergies seriously. If the chocolate was milk free they would have written it too. Rather, they clearly note in the ingredients that it is not milk free. This is where this is usually noted in most products. I understand that it… Read more »

אהבת ישראל will truly bring moshiach.
December 9, 2018 5:54 am

Happy Chanukah to all Jews around the world! Everyone should open their minds and hearts and realize, that the most important challenge of our generation is to be sensitive to someone else. It takes true maturity and being intuitive and aware of what you say and do affects people around you. This is what will truly bring Moshiach, not davening at length (treating Hashem with respect) but treating your fellow Jew with respect. I have seen far too many times in 770, people who do not respect the person sitting next to him, only because he does not know that… Read more »

Paskez
December 9, 2018 5:52 am

Your problem,not paskez,read better next time

Vegan?
December 9, 2018 5:27 am

Traces of dairy can’t be labeled vegan either. While not life threatening as an allergy the labels are questionable.
Chanukah miracle he is okay!

To #8
December 9, 2018 5:04 am

The point wasn’t that they shouldn’t have to write a warning because all the other companys do it the point was that this is how everyone does it so if you have an allergy to something you should always check the small words of whatever you’re buying and like #4 wrote if you don’t think it’s pareve then you’re an apikores and if you knew how these factories work or did a little research then you’d know that the way they make the machines kosher is by using soap to clean them which is mivatel the taste of whatever teeny… Read more »

Thank you!!!!
December 9, 2018 4:39 am

For sharing this. As a mother of a child with the same allergy.
Very scary!!!

I’ve seen this on many products actually
December 9, 2018 3:39 am

And I’ve called the agency about it (I’m pretty sure nugo bars are marked pareve it says on the back may contain traces of dairy- scary to know someone could actually have a reaction though. I’m glad her son is ok.

#bringbackchewchews
December 9, 2018 2:24 am

That’s what happens when you discontinue chew chews and nougat rolls…

We always read the fine print
December 9, 2018 2:21 am

My kids and I always read the fine print. We know we made a mistake by trusting this company. I felt they made a big deal by printing nut-free and with the word parve I felt in the clear. From my research with other ‘parve’ products, including ice cream, they do NOT clean the equipment before their parve runs….this is a HUGE problem which means their first few runs have more dairy present then their later runs!!!

Small Print
December 9, 2018 2:08 am

Agree with the above comments. The company was doing as any other company would. The product itself is 100% Pareve. Should you have an allergy, you must check the print on the back. It does not seem small in size either or teeny tiny letters, it looks well written in the same size as ingredient list.

Thanks for the reminder!!
December 9, 2018 2:00 am

Been there before. Thanks for the reminder

Has happened before
December 9, 2018 1:42 am

It is not a new occurrence. The amount of dairy is negligible according to halacha, and putting the warning on the package is standard. They can’t guarantee the product to be totally pareve and by law aren’t liable. I don’t have a solution and am glad that boruch hashem your son had an epipen on him.
Freilichen Channukah, and stay safe.

Bottom line
December 9, 2018 1:31 am

The hashgoches only care about the check coming to them, the bigger, the better.

Dairy allergy
December 9, 2018 12:57 am

I’m also allergic to dairy, in addition to other foods. To think that an item being parve has anything to do with allergens is plain lunacy. People know to read the fine print..

READ THE PACKAGE
December 9, 2018 12:40 am

I’m sorry to hear that happened to your child. But don’t you think that with a life threatening condition, you and your child should be more diligent at READING THE PACKAGE ?? it is written right there that it might contain traces of milk, had you read the back this would not have happened.

Misleading headline
December 9, 2018 12:37 am

Paskesz didn’t almost kill someone. Not reading the ingredients almost killed someone

Lesson learnt
December 9, 2018 12:35 am

The lesson to learn is never rely on Pareve on a label to mean that there are no trace of milk because that’s not what halachic Pareve means.

Cold harted comment #1
December 9, 2018 12:19 am

Blame yourself? It’s okay because other companies do it? Other companies doing it doesn’t justify it, it makes it worse! Companies shouldn’t be kosher pareve if there’s actually traces of milk! You cannot be botul bishishim on purpose! Wouldn’t that make it DE? Even if it’s not a kosher issue they should be responsible and at least bold the print so people don’t by mistake eat it and potentially hurt themselves. Don’t advertise as allergy friendly but put tiny print on the back about having traces of milk.

I'm also anaphylactic, i had the same issue!
December 9, 2018 12:17 am

These companies are not careful they will write Parve even though it has traces of milk you have to be very careful especially when it comes to chocolate and chocolate chips and the like most parve of chocolate is made in dairy equipment factories, and they really clean out the machines between runs. It’s really not safe and dangerous

What
December 9, 2018 12:15 am

How else exactly should they write “may contain dairy”? Traces of dairy do not necessarily affect the Parve status, so nothing they wrote is misleading.

Does not say dairy free
December 9, 2018 12:12 am

It does not say dairy free. Large companies (not frum) do the same, why are you picking on a frum company

Your problem, not Paskesz's
December 9, 2018 12:10 am

” I am sure they are afraid that frum people would not purchase this product knowing it has traces of dairy!” Why on earth not? 99.9% of frum people don’t care whether a product has traces of milk, they only care whether it’s parev, and this is. So why would they not buy it? I remind you that someone who doesn’t want to rely on bitul is not extra frum, he’s an apikores. It is not in teeny tiny writing, it’s the same size as on every single product on the shelf, which you claim to check. So yes, you… Read more »

Dairy allergy
December 9, 2018 12:08 am

I am so sorry that this happened to your son. As a mom of a child who is Ana to dairy i know that those tiny warnings are the only way to know if a product is allergy free, pareve doesn’t have significance with allergies. In my experience I have seen that there is no jewish company that sells chocolate that is truly dairy free. Sorry that this happened to you.

Wow bh he's ok!
December 9, 2018 12:05 am

Thank you for sharing!!

Sorry
December 9, 2018 12:03 am

Sorry, people with allergies must always read the small letters! It’s normal to be printed in small, pashkez isn’t there only company that writes it in small, don’t blame pashkez blame yourself.

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