Kashruth Council of Canada facts for kids
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| Certifying agency | Kashruth Council of Canada |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Headquarters | 3200 Dufferin St, North York, ON M6A 3B2, Canada |
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The Kashruth Council of Canada, known as COR, is a group that checks if food follows Jewish dietary laws. This is called kosher certification. You can often see the COR symbol on food packages in Canada. It means the food has been checked and is okay to eat according to kosher rules.
COR helps many food places, like factories and restaurants. They work with about 1,000 different places. These places make around 70,000 products that Canadians buy. COR also has special supervisors called mashgichim. These supervisors make sure everything is kosher. As of 2014, COR had about 70 full-time and part-time mashgichim working in local food places. They also had about 30 mashgichim around the world. These global supervisors check manufacturing plants that are COR-certified.
COR even supervises food at big event places. These include the Rogers Centre, the Scotiabank Arena, and the Toronto Zoo. In Toronto, COR certifies 53 restaurants. They also have a special training program for their mashgichim. This program is done with Liaison Culinary College.
COR's History
COR started in November 1952. Before COR, it was hard to find truly kosher meat in Toronto. There were no clear rules to make sure meat was kosher. So, the Canadian Jewish Congress was asked to create a system. This system would make sure kosher meat was legitimate in Toronto.
In 1954, a group of rabbis was formed. It was called the "Vaad Hakashruth of the Canadian Jewish Congress of the Central Region." At first, it had 12 rabbis. By 2017, this group had grown to 26 members. In June 1956, the name of the Vaad Hakashruth changed. It became the Council of Orthodox Rabbis. This is where the abbreviation COR comes from.
In the early 1960s, COR worked with Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker. They asked him to make Shechita (kosher animal slaughter) legal. This helped protect kosher practices under Canadian law. For many years, Rabbi Gedalia Felder was the chairman of the Vaad Hakashruth. In 2006, his son, Rabbi Yacov Felder, became the vice chairman. Later, he became the chairman.
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