Shipment certificates

A shipment certificate names one consignment and nothing else. It is issued under a certificate already in force, and states that the goods it lists were manufactured at that certificate's facility, from ingredients approved for it, under Emet's supervision, and that on their production dates they held the classification shown.

Its number is the number of the certificate it sits under, followed by its own suffix — for example EMETXXXXXXX-S001. The register answers for it from the moment it is issued.

The holder of an Emet certificate that is in force, for products on its schedule made at the certified facility. It is not a way into certification: a company that is not yet certified applies first.

A shipment certificate cannot name goods produced before certification began, or while it was suspended. Where a change to an ingredient, a supplier or the process has been notified and not yet decided, it is decided first.

• The holder, the certificate it is issued under and its scheme, and the certified facility.
• The consignee and destination, the container and seal, and where given the vessel, bill of lading, port of discharge, invoice and loading date.
• For each product: its name as it appears on the certificate, its classification and designations such as Cholov Yisroel or Pas Yisroel, the lot or batch, quantity and production date, and where given the packing date, best-before date and net weight.
• The declaration the holder made, by whom and when, and the Rav HaMachshir's decision.

It states how the goods leave the facility — packaged, or in bulk on dedicated or shared transport. Shared bulk transport is referred to the Rav HaMachshir for a ruling before a shipment certificate can issue. Beyond that, it does not speak to the storage or handling of the goods after they leave the facility, or to any lot or container it does not name.

The holder makes the request from its portal: the certificate, the container and the product lines, with a declaration that the goods were produced at the certified facility while the certificate was in force, from the approved ingredients and suppliers, with nothing changed that Emet has not approved. A copy of the declaration is emailed back at once.

The Rav HaMachshir decides every shipment certificate. We reply within two business days with the decision or with what is missing, and a certificate that is granted is emailed to the holder as a PDF. Fees are confirmed in writing — how a fee is arrived at.

Enter the number at emetkosher.com/verify, or scan the QR code printed on it. The register shows the goods, the container, who decided, and the current status of the certificate it was issued under. It never shows the consignee or the invoice.

If that certificate is later suspended or withdrawn, the register says so beside the shipment certificate. Goods produced while it was in force stay covered unless Emet withdraws the shipment certificate itself, and the register says that too. A copy that does not match the register is not an Emet document — report it.