official word:
Meals on El Al Flights
Borenstein Caterers supplies El Al and other airlines with meals which are certified glatt kosher by the Orthodox Union when they are served double wrapped and sealed.
Borenstein also supplies open meals for El Al flights originating from New York, Chicago and Miami. Open meals are not certified by the OU.
El Al passengers who wish to receive an OU certified meal on these flights should order a "special glatt" or "Regal" meal.
explanation:
single wrapped meals used to be certified in flight. no longer. is it a big deal? not really. are people going nuts? oh, yeah... (that was a velvety smooth isaac hayes voice)
1. 'A visitor' posted on the Fri 29 Oct 2004, 2:04 pm
ReplyDeleteDoes EL AL ever buy anything other than kosher food anyplace in the world?
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2. 'Dani Weiss' posted on the Sun 31 Oct 2004, 11:20 am
ReplyDeletei'm not going to comment on that here. please find a way to contact me privately with such questions.
also, bear in mind that in the world of Hashgacha, unless there is a Mashgiach there supervising, once food has been taken out of its oriinal sealed package, the OU does not stand behind it (i.e. scooped ice cream at non-supervised stores or open bins of unmarked candy).