correction on Hechshers in jerusalem restaurants

I wrote a short while back about the Kosherut organization headed by Rav Katz and Rav Levanon that recently took it upon themselves to investigate the true state of restaurants in Jerusalem to see if the hechsherim are doing their job, which better and which worse.

They produced a report with a review of their finding and a list of restaurants and their kashruth status and the organizations recommendation whether one can eat there or not.

Jameel sent me a notice put out by Kosherut amending the original report, and it is important to publicize.

The list of restaurants included a restaurant in Talpiot called Papagayo. I ate in Papagayo not oo long ago and found it to be excellent. It is a Brazillian meat place. The report recommends against eating there due to problems such as the mashgiach not always there so bishul problems for sfardim, and no reliable sifting of flour or removing of challah, etc.

Kosherut has put out a redaction of that recommendation against. Becuase Papagayo does not deal with making dough in the restaurant - all dough is ordered from an outside supplier, the above noted problem is not a problem. As well, the cooking is only done during the hours the mashgiach is present.

So because they have come into the new clarification of the situation at Papagayo, they have removed their recommendation against eating there.