On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:02:24 -0700, rbowman
wrote:

On 01/01/2016 06:34 PM, wrote:
Why do you say something like this? The cost of inspecting a honey
facility is probably less than a penny a bottle. It's nothing like
meat where inspection has to be continuous and adds, with the other
requirements for kosher meat, several dollars a pound to the cost of
meat.

Why should I pay even a penny to support some religious organization?

So don't. You won't be missed. But your unwillingness to spend a
penny on a religious organization, or a Jewish organization, is no
excuse for trying to give others the impression it costs more than it
does. I wouldn't be annoyed except that antisemites do this too,
specifically to create hostility towards Jews.

Will the Muslims be the next to see a nice scam in having a cresent M or

No, it's not a scam. Jews who keep kosher want an independent
inspection of the processed food they might buy, both because of
honest mistakes the producer can make, negligence, and even fraud.
(I'll bet in a different context, you wouldn't be very trusting of
corporate food makers.) For meat, poultry, bread, and wine,
inspection predates the USA's FDA by hundreds or probably thousands of
years.

When all the food Jews ate was made in their own kitchens or by people
they knew, then there was still local inspection of what's listed
above. But canning begain in the 1800's and by the 1920's and much
more so after WWII, national food brands and then prepared foods came
onto the market, and some of them sought out kosher inspection so they
could sell to a wider customer base.

BTW, my great-grandfather raised honey. About once a week, he'd take
some to the market to sell. It wasn't flavored and afaik didn't need
inspection, and in the small town he lived in, probably everyone knew
him and that he and his family kept kosher.

something on every container? I'm not interested in whether my honey,
coffee, salmon, or myriad other products are kosher or not.

So? Most people aren't.

Unfortunately it's out of my hands if producers want to cater to 2% or
less of the US population.

But you'll whine about it and try to mislead people as to how much it
costs.

And it's not just Jews who prefer to buy kosher food. These food
makers know what they're doing when they solicit certification.