# no "kosher" logos on food in New Zealand?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 28, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kosher-logos-on-food-in-new-zealand/151435 "2003-01-28T06:52:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![capnfutile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@capnfutile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capnfutile)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kosher-logos-on-food-in-new-zealand/151435/1 "2003-01-28T06:52:40Z")

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Recently moved to New Zealand and the other day it occured to me that I haven’t seen any of those “circle K” or Parve logos on any of the food labels here. Now, I know there are Jewish people here, because I’ve met one, so why no symbols? I suspect these may be unique to North America (and, I would assume, Israel).

I am basing this on a rather unscientific sampling of the food I have in my house.

Anyone?

Capn

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**Author:** ![Cillasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Cillasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cillasi)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kosher-logos-on-food-in-new-zealand/151435/2 "2003-01-28T07:56:08Z")

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My first guess is that New Zealand may not have a large population of kosher Jews. All Jews don’t eat kosher. As a result, their food manufacturers don’t have a good enough economic reason to use kosher processing. You’d probably be able to find a specialty shop or two that deal in imported kosher goods, however.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kosher-logos-on-food-in-new-zealand/151435/3 "2003-01-28T09:12:45Z")

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There is indeed [kosher certification in New Zealand,](http://www.koshercertification.co.nz/) linked to the Wellington Hebrew congregation, plus a mark that food is approved as kosher (see page 2 of the site linked).

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**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-kosher-logos-on-food-in-new-zealand/151435/4 "2003-01-28T14:58:10Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Cillasi \*  
> \*\* All Jews don’t eat kosher. \*\*

I think you mean “Not all Jews eat only kosher…”

Zev Steinhardt