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| Certifying agency | Kashruth Council of Canada |
| Founded | 1952 |
| Headquarters | 3200 Dufferin St, North York, ON M6A 3B2, Canada |
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| Website | cor.ca |
Kashruth Council of Canada (better known as COR), is a kosher certification agency in Canada. It is best known for its kosher supervision service, with the COR symbol found on the labels of many commercial and consumer food products. The council serves 1,000 facilities that provide 70,000 products to Canadian consumers.[1][2] As of September 2014,[needs update] COR employs 70 full-time and part-time mashgichim who work in local food service and catering venues, plus approximately 30 mashgichim worldwide who supervise COR-certified manufacturing plants.[3] COR supervises food at event venues such as the Rogers Centre, the Air Canada Centre and the Toronto Zoo. In total, COR certifies 53 restaurants in Toronto. COR, in conjunction with Liaison Culinary College, has a college accredited training program for its mashgichim.[4]
COR answers questions about Kashruth on phone, email, text and social media. In April 2016, the month before Passover, COR collectively answered 10,000 questions.
- ^ "COR Website: About". 30 January 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Sampson, Susan (26 March 2010). "Kosher food market growing". The Star. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "COR Releases Day in the Life of a Mashgiach Video". theyeshivaworld.com. Yeshiva World News. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "Headlines & Breaking News Kashruth Council of Canada (COR) Launches First of its Kind College Accredited Mashgiach Training Program". theyeshivaworld.com. Yeshiva World News. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2017.