Before anyone gets to over zealous on name brands, let me give you
some info from my true life experiences.
I sold laboratory equipment/furniture/and supplies for an 18 year period
out of 20 years. During this time I dealt with a wide variety of industries.
Food stuffs being one of those, I have seen the lines stopped long enough
to change out the paper labels on the labeling machine then start up again, very same product just different company name.
Maybe the best story I have is a pork packing plant that provided Kosher
cooking oils for the East Coast market. I you have ever been in a meat
packing plant you know after a short time the floors, stairs, rails, every
thing has a fine film of aerosol fat coating. I get a call from the lab manager saying they are setting up a Kosher lab and all new equipment
must be purchased including funiture, glassware chemicals and anything
used in the lab, good sale for me.
When I arrived at the plant the local Rabi was there, after he approved
every thing the lab manager handed him a 100 dollar bill and he left.
But he came by once per month and spent about 15 minutes, got another
100 and left.
I often wondered what the people on the East Coast would have thought
about all the aerosol pork fat floating around in their Kosher product.
Another story on gasoline additives comes to mind, that will have to wait.
