SMS wrote on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:18:42 -0700:

S> Mark Thorson wrote:
S> There's really no "legal" about it. Some manufacturers will
S> put a K (with no circle) on their product, claiming that
S> it's kosher, but it's just a letter they print on the box,
S> not an official certification.

??>> jdoe wrote:
??>>> I don't think that was a kosher butcher you were going
??>>> to, pork in any form is not kosher
??>>
??>> Pig-skin-derived gelatin is commonly legally marketed
??>> as "kosher".

I have no religious reasons for worrying about it but claiming
something is kosher or pareve when it is not is fraud and will
be treated as such in my state. I won't go into stories I have
heard that inspecting is a job for the owner's no-good, barely
qualified son-in-law.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not