Is Kirkland Chicken Sausage Parmesan & Cracked Black Pepper kosher?
Verdict by tradition
Ingredients as printed
Chicken, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Parmesan and Romano Cheese Blend (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Natamycin), : Cracked Black Pepper, Kosher Salt, Dried Citrus Pulp, Extract of Rosemary, Vinegar, Natural Pork Casing CONTAINS: Milk COATED PAPER| PLASTIC SLEEVE WRAP *Not recycled in aã communities ycleinfo ITM / ART 17753
Rulings behind these verdicts
Processed foods are relied upon only with a recognized hechsher, because ingredients, equipment and processing aids cannot be verified from the label alone. Hey Kosher reports what is printed on the package; the agency has the final word.
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah 118-119; contemporary agency practice
Pork, shellfish and other forbidden species and their recognizable derivatives are not kosher.
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah 79-83, as followed in Conservative practice
Pork, shellfish and other biblically unclean species and their derivatives are not eaten.
MJRC Standards of Observance; Leviticus 11
The MJRC standards call members to a Torah-based kashrut: biblically clean species, separation of meat and dairy, and respect for the kosher certification system. Hey Kosher's reading of these standards is pending MJRC review.
Messianic Jewish Rabbinical Council, Standards of Observance, Kashrut section
Reform Judaism frames kashrut as informed personal and communal choice, weighing tradition, ethics and sustainability. Hey Kosher shows you the facts on the label and does not issue a verdict for this tier.
Mary L. Zamore (ed.), The Sacred Table: Creating a Jewish Food Ethic (CCAR Press, 2011)
Land animals must both chew the cud and have a split hoof. Pig, camel, hare and rock badger are named as unclean, and their flesh and fat are not to be eaten.
Leviticus 11:3-8; Deuteronomy 14:4-8
This tier reads the ingredient list against Scripture's clean and unclean lists. It does not require rabbinic certification and does not separate meat and dairy.
Tier definition
Hey Kosher reads what is printed on the package and matches it against published rulings. It is not a halakhic authority. For the final word, ask your rabbi or the certifying agency.