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These literally look like the pig hair paintbrushes at Harbor Freight. Not sure if they would be cosidered Kosher or Halaal if used for food. I use one for cleaning the coffee grinder.
These literally look like the pig hair paintbrushes at Harbor Freight. Not sure if they would be cosidered Kosher or Halaal if used for food. I use one for cleaning the coffee grinder.
You may use a boar bristle pastry brush without worrying about it rendering the food it touches treif. Basically, it is not forbidden to benefit from products that come from non-kosher animals as long as you do not eat them.
I must admit, that my first reaction to your question was "Yech!" Personally, I would not use such a pastry brush, because the thought of spreading my food with pig parts is somewhat revolting, but that is an emotional, rather than an halakhic, argument.
The only concern that remains is whether the bristles are likely to begin falling out, in which case there is a real possibility that one might ingest them. However, another principle of kashrut teaches that anything which is not eaten as food, such as a dried up piece of stomach lining or a moldy piece of bread, is no longer governed by the laws of kosher and treif. Therefore, boar bristles would probably not be treif even if you accidently ate one. But again – "Yech" – if shedding bristles is a possibility, I would not use the brush.
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I must admit, that my first reaction to your question was "Yech!" Personally, I would not use such a pastry brush, because the thought of spreading my food with pig parts is somewhat revolting, but that is an emotional, rather than an halakhic, argument.
The only concern that remains is whether the bristles are likely to begin falling out, in which case there is a real possibility that one might ingest them. However, another principle of kashrut teaches that anything which is not eaten as food, such as a dried up piece of stomach lining or a moldy piece of bread, is no longer governed by the laws of kosher and treif. Therefore, boar bristles would probably not be treif even if you accidently ate one. But again – "Yech" – if shedding bristles is a possibility, I would not use the brush.
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