ABSTRACT
While all fruit and vegetables are classed as halal, fruit and vegetables can only be kosher if there is no contamination from insects. Kosher foods can be either meat, dairy or parve, that is neither meat nor dairy. In comparison to meat and meat products derived from the animal world, fruit and vegetables from the plant kingdom present lesser kosher concerns, unless of course they are processed or produced in ways that compromise kosher principles through the use of contaminated machinery or non-kosher additives. Broccoli, for instance, is seen to be particularly vulnerable, and it has therefore been banned from use in food production by some kashrut authorities; at the same time, some vegetables may also be unfit in one region and acceptable in another. Processed fruits and vegetable products present different types of problems, and they may be unacceptable if they are produced in factories that use non-halal ingredients such as fats, flavourings, and colourings during the production process.
