Director-General of the Ministry of Religious Services Yehuda Avidan claimed that the certification granted to Tzohar to issue kashrut certificates is invalid. In a sharply worded letter, he wrote that the former director-general of the Rabbinate, Yehuda Cohen, signed the certification, but the Chief Rabbinate Council never approved the move as required by law. According to him, after clarification with Chief Rabbi Kalman Bar, it became clear that the council never discussed the matter, and therefore: “The certificate is invalid and cannot be acted upon.”
