With Chanukah approaching, bakeries and shops are ramping up their preparations for sufganiya production.
The Rabbanut's instructions are for mashgichim to kasher any relevant equipment that will be used to ensure they are not fleishige or have any kashrut problems. As well, the fryers should be lit properly ensuring no bishul akum issues. As well, they should ensure halacha is separated properly and the flour is sifted properly.
I am not sure why these reminders need to be mentioned for mashgichim. This is exactly what their job is.
More interesting though is the following instructions:
any sufganiyot with dairy filling should have some of the filling cream also exposed on top of the donut, so that it will be easily identifiable as dairy. Dairy and pareve sufganiyot should be kept separate on the trays. The dough itself should not contain dairy ingredients. Sufganiyot sold as either dairy or pareve should be packaged properly in appropriately labeled bags and containers, stating their dairy or pareve status.
Interesting that the dough cannot contain dairy, and only the filling can. It is a qualification of the halacha of not baking dairy breads. They are saying that this does not apply just to breads, but to all doughs.
Another point, I, as a consumer, was not aware that donuts with dairy cream have cream on top, while donuts with pareve cream do not. I will look for it this year when I eventually go donut shopping, but I was not aware of it until now. I wonder how many consumers are aware of that and how many are not. It does not really change anything, but it makes me wonder how effective this rule is.
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