Interesting Psak: Missing Words from Kesuba

Rav Baruch Dov Povarski, Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevezshe, sent a young avreich to Rav Shmuel Eliezer Stern to determine if his kesuba was kosher. He discovered a problem in his kesuba - two words were missing. Specifically, the words "va'ezon v'afarnes" - "I will feed and support" - אזון ואפרנס - by which the husband commits to supporting his wife. Without these words it seems the kesuba is invalid.
Rav Stern is an expert in the halachos of the kesuba, has written the book on the subject and is also the author of the text of many of the pre-printed ketubas available in the book/Judaica stores in Israel.
Rav Stern paskened that this avriech needs to write a new kesuba for his wife. But then it got worse. He realized that this would not be a lone case and looked into it, discovering that an entire recent printing of the kesubas somehow left the words out. This young couple got one of those deficient kesubas, but many other people, possibly thousands of couples, would have as well. All these couples cannot live together until this is taken care of.
Rav Stern put out a notice that anyone with a kesuba from the month of Tammuz 5778 should contact his office (at 03-616-1616).
source: Behadrei
Frightening.
Not because of this mistake, but taking into account the modern lifestyle, in which both the husband and wife often work, or in the yeshiva/kollel lifestyle in which the wife generally works and the husband does not, perhaps the text of the kesuba needs to be rewritten.
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