Manufacturing

Depending on the plant design, heat sources, equipment, types and numbers of runs, we’ll evaluate how to handle kosher and non-kosher runs when done concurrently.

The certification process includes a close examination of supplies, ingredients, and every food or chemical item in the production process. This includes maintaining a list of acceptable, current Kosher certifications of products or ingredients sourced from other manufacturers. When necessary, we’ll help you find suitable alternate sources (and back-up sources) for kosher ingredients.

The backbone of any kosher certification program is reliable supervision. Depending on product type and production mode, various levels and frequency of rabbinical supervision are needed. We’ll help you figure out what is needed, how often, and to what extent. For example, bottling spring water requires very little supervision, whereas canning meat products requires much more supervision.

Your agreement with the Seal-K gives you the right to use the Seal-K symbol on packaging, product labels, and ads in accordance with our guidelines. To protect consumers from confusion and to protect your business from costly mistakes, we review the planned use of the Seal-K symbol for each product before you send it to print or use it online.

We ensure that koshering procedures and supervision have as little impact on production schedules as possible, if at all. After understanding the procedure you will be able to schedule the re-koshering procedure and the kosher run in a matter that suits your needs. We do our very best to respond to queries and issues in a timely and efficient manner.

Making your facility kosher for the first time, or as needed on a recurring basis, is a job for our rabbinical supervisors. We’ll explain every procedure of cleaning, steaming, heat-purification, and other means of changing items to kosher, what can and can’t be koshered, and how to protect the facility and maintain its status as long as necessary.

When everything is ready, we’ll provide a certificate of kosher status for your records, your website and for you to communicate with other manufacturers as proof that your products are produced according to optimal kosher standards.