THE OU EMBLEM is the registered trademark (U.S. Patent Office #636,593 and #1,087891) of the Kashruth Division of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America - The Orthodox Union. It may be used only by authority of the Orthodox Union Kashruth Division. Products are endorsed as kosher only when bearing the OU emblem on the label. Consumers are directed to check the ingredient panel of products on a regular basis for changes in the pareve/dairy status that may occur as a result of reformulation. Kashruth updates appear regularly on this site and in the News Reporter section of the Orthodox Union publication Jewish Action. If you are an OU member you may obtain OU Kosher Alerts by e-mail as well. Kosher for Passover products under OU supervision are published annually in the Kosher Directory Passover Edition. DIRECTORY SYMBOLS For Pareve, Dairy and Meat Categorizations OU SYMBOL -The products are Pareve (contains neither milk or meat ingredients). OUD - The products are DAIRY. These products either contain dairy ingredients or have been processed on dairy equipment. OUM - The products are MEAT/POULTRY. Additionally, they may contain meat/poultry ingredients or have been processed on meat equipment. BRAND NAMES (labels) are indicated in bold above the products. Where a listing of brands appears above the product(s), this indicates that all products below are marketed under all brand names above. The Liver must be removed from the cavity and broiled separately in accordance with kashruth procedures. When purchasing packaged meat or poultry parts, the consumer must be certain that both the sealed package and the inner cellophane wrapper have not been tampered. It is imperative to always check the labels before making any purchase.
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