Kosher: Explain equipment before the site visit
The route requires a consistent product, origin and production file for the chosen issuer. OU provides an example; the actual body's conditions govern the work.
Explain equipment before the site visit
In a hypothetical bakery, dairy and candidate pareve biscuits share a mixer and filling line. Prepare previous products, production sequence and actual equipment use for the selected issuer. Do not self-authorise kosherisation or assert that ordinary cleaning resolves programme conditions. Under OU’s published process, the facility visit and assessment may identify modifications or special instructions.
Programme conditions and worked assessment
Example: A business lists three sauces, but its ingredient table includes only two recipes. Link every finished product to material codes, suppliers and process flows. Submit equipment information and labels within the same scope. Resolve issuer questions with records and compare accepted ingredient and product lists. Track agreement, required supervision and symbol permission separately. A table sent to a consultant is not official acceptance or the final certification decision. New products do not silently enter an earlier approved list just because the manufacturer remains unchanged.
Evidence and authority boundary
The actual issuer owns assessment and permission. OU sources do not establish Kayra/QRS authority; ingredient questions and site conditions prevent a universal price or completion guarantee.
Official sources
Checked: 3 October 2026. Worked examples are hypothetical evidence-planning cases, not customer transactions.