Legend
Hechsherim
Who certifies the places in this guide, country by country. "On the cRc list" means the Chicago Rabbinical Council lists the agency as acceptable. Standards differ (Chalav Yisrael, Pas Yisrael, Beit Yosef meat, mehadrin), so ask your rav about anything you don't know. Tap a name for details.
| Country | Certifier | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | Supervises the kosher meals served by Chabad of Albania in Tirana. Balkan Kosher, run by the Kaplan family from Thessaloniki and Tirana, certifies food and hotel catering in the Balkans. Not on the cRc's list of agencies. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires' largest restaurant certifier, run from the Ajdut Israel community in Belgrano. Levels shown per place: mehadrin, chalav Yisrael or chalav stam, bishul Ashkenazi or bishul Yisrael. Publishes its certified list and a product app (Ajdut Kosher). | On the cRc list |
| Argentina | Supervision of the Sephardi community's chief rabbi; covers many Once restaurants, bakeries and the Alvear Icon's Glitter (glatt). | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Private supervision covering several newer Palermo restaurants (Agus Kitchen, Forno & Fettuccine) and places in Once and Flores. | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Ashkenazi certifier in Once (Port Kosher Gourmet, Kraam). Its listings link it to Rabbi Levin; the cRc recommends Yeshiva and Kolel Jafetz Jaim (Rabbi Shmuel Arie Levin), so ask whether the certificate is that body's. | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Sephardi supervision of meat restaurants in Once (Fuego Lento, Haerez). | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Organisation of Chief Rabbi Isaac Sacca; also runs the city eruv. Supervises a few Palermo places such as Bibi's Burgers. | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Dairy places in Once (Pizzería Venecia, Wafflemanía). | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Sephardi community in Flores supervising its own food outlet. | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Supervises Mozart Kosher in Once. | Not on the cRc list |
| Argentina | Chabad houses supervise their own kitchens and shops: Bariloche, Salta, Mendoza (Kosher King), Córdoba, Villa del Parque and Luba Express in Once. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Argentina | On the cRc list (Rabbi Shmuel Arie Levin). No restaurant in this guide shows it by that name. | On the cRc list |
| Argentina | On the cRc list (contact Rabbi I. Hendel). Mostly products; no restaurant in this guide shows it. | On the cRc list |
| Argentina | Sephardi congregation in Once whose supervision, together with Rabbi Soifer, covers Pizza Shot. Not on the cRc list; ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Aruba | The only certifier on the island, listed by the cRc as an acceptable agency (Salina Cerca 31C, Noord). Supervises Piccolo (meat) and Pizzaiolo (dairy) at the Hyatt Regency, both glatt kosher and pas Yisroel with a mashgiach on site; the stickered kosher items in the Hyatt’s Shoco shop; the Hyatt’s January winter-break programme; and Chabad’s own Rimon Corner shop and Shabbat-in-a-Bag catering. | On the cRc list |
| Australia | Melbourne's main kashrus agency; most Carlisle Street and Caulfield restaurants carry its certificate. Its app and product guide list certified foods. Each place's level (meat, dairy, pareve, Chalav Yisrael) is on the certificate. | On the cRc list |
| Australia | Sydney's agency, also licensing places in Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Its online list marks each place as meat, dairy (Chalav Yisrael or not), pareve or take-out. | On the cRc list |
| Australia | The Chareidi Adass Israel community's own hechsher in Ripponlea (Harav Avrohom Zvi Beck). Widely relied on by the Melbourne Chareidi community. | Not on the cRc list |
| Australia | Perth's agency, run through the Perth Hebrew Congregation; certifies a handful of eateries, caterers and the kosher shop. | Not on the cRc list |
| Australia | Chabad in Rose Bay, Bondi, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Canberra (as Canberra Kosher, Rabbi Shmueli Feldman) supervise their own meals and shops. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Australia | Local supervision of the Gold Coast shul's kosher shop and of challah and bread at Goldstein's Bakery. | Not on the cRc list |
| Austria | Kashrus committee of Chief Rabbi Avraham Yona Schwartz (Kahal Israel / Khal Chassidim). Certifies Alef Alef, Novellino, Milano Café & Gelato and the Hager butcher, and publishes the Hamadrich list of kosher supermarket products. | Not on the cRc list |
| Austria | Sephardi committee of Rabbi Binyamin Aminov, Rabbi Moshe Israilov and Rabbi Yaakov Hotoveli. Covers most of the Taborstraße restaurants: Bahur Tov, Mea Shearim, Simchas, Yudale, Schalom Food, Rustico, Prego. | Not on the cRc list |
| Austria | Charedi kehilla on Große Mohrengasse. Supervises Tzfas, Kosher Deli and the Kosher Tirol meal and meat service in the Alps. (Not the same body as Machzikei Hadass Antwerp.) | Not on the cRc list |
| Austria | Supervises Bäckerei Ohel and the summer Chalav Yisrael dairy in Alpine MPREIS stores. | Not on the cRc list |
| Austria | Supervises VeAhavta bistro, the Vayalen hotel breakfast and Chabad's own Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Austria | Bukharian Chabad centre in the 20th district: Lunch King and Emanuel Kosher Catering. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Austria | Shabbos and Yom Tov meals in Salzburg. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Austria | Vienna community rabbi personally supervising Lox & Truffles (Chalav and Pas Yisrael). | Not on the cRc list |
| Austria | Named supervision of the bakery and café inside Shefa Markt. | Not on the cRc list |
| Austria | On the cRc list (Israelitische Orthodoxe Gemeente Machzikei Hadass). Supervises the seasonal kosher summer programme at the Madlein hotel in Ischgl. | On the cRc list |
| Azerbaijan | The Chabad shliach in Baku supervises Chabad's own kitchen (weekday food and Shabbos packages) and the Bereshit meat restaurant, which opened in October 2026. Mehadrin. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Azerbaijan | Rimon says it holds a kosher certificate and has a mashgiach, but no source names the certifying rabbi. Ask to see the certificate, or ask Chabad, before eating there. | Not on the cRc list |
| Bahamas | On the cRc list as "Chabad of the Bahamas Kosher Bahamas" (recommended, with a note to be mindful of the local environment). Supervises Cinkō (meat, glatt), Knosh (dairy, chalav Yisroel) and the Cinkō Shabbat meals at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar. | On the cRc list |
| Bahrain | Set up a supervised kosher kitchen at The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain in 2020. Whether it still operates is not confirmed this year. | On the cRc list |
| Barbados | Local Chabad shliach in Holetown. Supervises its own limited takeout and Shabbat meals. Not on the cRc list by name. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Belgium | The Chareidi kehilla of Antwerp and its Beis Din (on the cRc list as Israelitische Orthodoxe Gemeente Machzikei Hadass). Supervises most Antwerp restaurants (Hoffy's, Blue Lagoon, Confetti's, Mama Mia, Rivi's, Al Ha'esh, Time Out, Shaye's), bakeries (Kleinblatt, Gottesfeld) and food makers, runs the eruv and a women's mikvah, and publishes a kashrus list of ordinary supermarket products (fish, flour and more). It does not publish a list of the shops it supervises: look for its certificate in the window. | On the cRc list |
| Belgium | The main Antwerp community (founded 1904) and certifying kosher products since 1945, under Chief Rabbi Lieberman and Dayan Schmahl. Certifies Eighteen, Meatos, Metsuyan, Taim Taim Taim and several shops and butchers, plus many factory products, and publishes a list of kosher products sold in Belgian shops. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Belgium | Brussels rabbi whose kashrus agency is European Kashruth (formerly 1K Kosher), Avenue des Sept Bonniers 254, 1190 Forest, +32 475 28 59 67. Supervises Gel Tov and Grill Tov in Uccle. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav, and check the certificate on site. | Not on the cRc list |
| Belgium | Chabad shliach of the Antwerp southern suburbs, supervising Avira at the Chai Center. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Belgium | The Jerusalem Badatz (on the cRc list as Beth Din Zedek of Eda HaCharedith of Jerusalem). In Belgium seen alongside Machsike Hadass on Momentum chocolates. | On the cRc list |
| Belize | The only kosher kitchen in the country: Kosher VIP (meat), weekday food and Shabbos meals at the Chabad House in San Pedro. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Bolivia | Chabad House for travellers in La Paz since 2005: kosher meals and Shabbos meals. Current address and hours are given by WhatsApp. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Bolivia | Community house in Cochabamba describing itself as an unofficial Chabad house and its food as Chabad standard, mehadrin; no supervising rabbi is named. Shabbos meals by reservation. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | The rabbinate of the big Sephardi Beit Yaacov congregation in Higienópolis. It supervises many of São Paulo's restaurants (Sushi Papaia, Smokedeli, Me Tzu Yan, Viena Casher) and the Urbanic kosher supermarket, and owns the Higienópolis section of the eruv. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | Chabad rabbi in Higienópolis (Central Tiferet Lubavitch) who personally supervises Berô Pizza, Miki and Or Gastronomia. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Brazil | Local Orthodox rabbi supervising Mazon Gastronomia and Pinati. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | Rabbi of the Sephardi Mekor Haim congregation; supervises the Matok bakery. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | Supervises the canteen at the Iavne school complex in Jardins. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | Mehadrin certifier of the Kehilas Hachareidim community in São Paulo. Certifies the Mehadrin butcher, Tnuva chocolates, Beny's fish, Buffet Menorá and many packaged products, and publishes the list of shops that sell them. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | The largest Brazilian product certifier. Publishes green (stricter) and yellow product lists and an app, inspects the São Paulo eruv weekly, and lists a few fully kosher businesses (Zil Bakery, Macolet). Shops it marks "partially kosher" sell only some approved items and are not listed here as kosher places. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | Kashrus of the O'Shil synagogue in Jardins, run in practice by the WEDO Kosher service (Rabbi Moshe Eisencraft). Supervises the kosher room at Badauê and kosher events at Casa Fasano and hotels. Not a central community rabbinate; ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | Supervises Shaq Shuq, Sushinharia and Kosher Place in Copacabana. Rio has no central kashrus agency; ask at Chabad about current supervision. | Not on the cRc list |
| Brazil | Chabad houses supervise their own kitchens: Beit Lubavitch Rio's deli, bakery and meal delivery, Ki Tov in Curitiba, Amazon Kosher in Manaus, Chabad Belém's kosher store, and the kitchens of Chabad in Salvador, Morro de São Paulo, Itacaré, Recife and Belo Horizonte. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Bulgaria | Mehadrin supervision of King David (Sofia), Little Israel and Michael's Corner (Bansko, winter) and the Sunny Beach summer restaurant; meals by order in Varna. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Bulgaria | Certifies Kosher Point Alegria (dairy, Chalav Yisrael), runs the synagogue's kosher meat and cheese shop and certifies local products. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Bulgaria | Glatt mehadrin supervision of Hamsa Restobar & Grill, Sofia. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Bulgaria | Year-round mehadrin supervision of Chateau Bansko hotel. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Cambodia | Supervises the Chabad Cambodia restaurant, shop, Shabbos packages and catering. Not on the cRc agency list (no Cambodian agency is). Also offers kosher certificates for local production. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Cambodia | Supervises the meals at the Koh Rong Chabad house. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Canada | Toronto's main agency and the most common symbol in Canada. Its listings say meat (glatt), dairy, pareve, Cholov Yisroel, Pas Yisroel and Yoshon place by place. Also certifies the seasonal Niagara restaurants. | On the cRc list |
| Canada | Montreal's community kashrus agency, led by a Vaad HaRabbanim. Requires establishment owners to be Shomer Shabbos; all MK pareve baked goods count as Pas Yisrael (except pretzels). Each listing links its certificate. | On the cRc list |
| Canada | Vancouver's agency. Listings note Chalav Yisrael and Pas Yisroel where they apply (Maple Cafe is Chalav Yisrael; Nava is not). | On the cRc list |
| Canada | Calgary's local symbol, a subdivision of Kosher Check / BC Kosher under the same Rav Hamachshir, with a local mashgiach. | On the cRc list |
| Canada | Ottawa's agency (Rabbi Levy Teitelbaum). Certifies the JCC restaurant, a caterer, bakeries and the kosher section at Loblaws College Square. | On the cRc list |
| Canada | Montreal agency under the Grand Rabbinate of Quebec, mostly in the Sephardi community. Not on the cRc list; ask your own rabbi. | Not on the cRc list |
| Canada | Winnipeg's local Vaad; it works in consultation with an OU rabbi. Not on the cRc list by name. | Not on the cRc list |
| Canada | Chabad houses in Quebec City, Canmore (Rockies), Calgary, Winnipeg, Victoria and Toronto (Kosh Chai) supervise their own kitchens or stores. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Chile | Chile's main kashrut agency, run by the Aish Chile community. Certifies most of the restaurants, takeaways and shops in Santiago, and publishes a list of approved supermarket products (updated September 2026) with kashrut alerts. Not on the cRc agency list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Chile | Director of Chabad in Chile since 1981; personally supervises Detroit (meat restaurant and butcher) and the Jabad mikvah. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Chile | Many imported and some Chilean packaged products in Santiago supermarkets carry the OU symbol. | On the cRc list |
| China | The Beijing Chabad shliach supervises Dini's Kosher Restaurant (glatt / mehadrin meat), the Chabad shop's meat and bread, and the Shabbos meals. Not on the cRc agency list (no Chinese agency is): ask your rav. | Local Chabad supervision |
| China | The Shanghai Chabad house's own kitchen: SJC Café, the Shanghai Kosher Market's prepared food and the Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| China | Rabbi Rosenberg supervises the King Salomon Restaurant at Chabad (glatt / mehadrin meat) and the Canton Fair kosher kitchen at the Westin Pazhou, which the hotel's chefs cook under his supervision. | Local Chabad supervision |
| China | Supervises the Chabad of Shenzhen meat kitchen and its deliveries. Ask the rabbi about bishul Yisrael or specific standards before ordering. | Local Chabad supervision |
| China | Supervises Velvet, Chabad of Foshan's glatt kosher restaurant, and the centre's Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| China | Supervises Sarah's Kitchen at Chabad of Chengdu. | Local Chabad supervision |
| China | Western-style supermarkets are not supervised; only the imported products carry hechsherim. The big North American agencies are on the cRc list; check each label. | On the cRc list |
| Colombia | Bogotá's kashrut authority, run from the Comunidad Hebrea Sefaradí. Meat Mehadrin, much of it Chalak Beit Yosef; dairy marked Chalav Yisrael or Chalav Stam. Publishes its establishment and product lists at koshervkc.com. | Not on the cRc list |
| Colombia | Supervises the Elokuta restaurant in its Chabad House. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Supervises its own restaurant, bakery and kiosk. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Supervises the Elokuta restaurant (meat and pareve, no dairy). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Supervises its own meat restaurant. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Cali's Chabad house; opened the Jerusalem bakery-pizzeria. Level details not published. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Hosts Shabbos and holiday meals in Bogotá. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Chabad house in Barranquilla; meals and food on request. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Runs the Sephardi community mikvah; its kitchen is under the VKC. | Not on the cRc list |
| Colombia | Runs the Ahavat Israel mikvah in Bogotá. | Not on the cRc list |
| Colombia | Women's mikvah at the community building, booked through Chabad. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Colombia | Named for Oma's Deli in Cali; not confirmed on a current list. Check locally. | Not on the cRc list |
| Colombia | Used for Tienda Kosher in Medellín, a shop rather than a supervised kitchen. | Not on the cRc list |
| Costa Rica | The community's kashrut. Certifies Hiba (dairy) and Sabress (meat) at Izu's Place in Jacó, and the takeout at Super Kosher in San José. Publishes a 'Kosher Costa Rica' app with products and establishments. Star-K lists a Costa Rica office in Rohrmoser. | Not on the cRc list |
| Costa Rica | Supervises Chabad's own catering in San José (Kosher Gourmet) and sells raw kosher meat and chicken at the Chabad House in Escazú. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Costa Rica | Supervises the Chabad restaurant (meat and pareve), the Saturday-night pizza (dairy) and its kosher shop. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Costa Rica | Supervises its own Shabbos and weekday food and the dairy restaurant at Blooma Boutique Hotel, the only certified kitchen in Santa Teresa. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Costa Rica | New Chabad house (2026) with a small home-style kosher kitchen and Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Costa Rica | Used for shops and supermarket shelves rather than a supervised kitchen: imported products carry OU, OK, Kof-K, Israeli and other symbols. | Not on the cRc list |
| Croatia | Supervises its own kitchen in Zagreb: Shabbos meals, catering, frozen meals and summer Shabbos packages delivered around Croatia. Meat. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Croatia | Publishes the yearly kosher list of supermarket products (dairy not Chalav Yisrael) and approves specific plain breads from the Mlinar bakery chain (Pat Palter, pareve). | Not on the cRc list |
| Croatia | Supervises the kosher kitchen on Kosher Sailing's catamaran charters in Croatia (Israel-based agency). | Not on the cRc list |
| Cuba | The Orthodox community of Havana. Rabbi Berezniak is the shochet; the kosher butcher supplies community members through the state ration system, and the shul serves free Shabbat meals. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Curaçao | Runs and supervises the island's only kosher kitchen: weekday and Shabbat takeout, catering and villa-kitchen koshering, with imported kosher meat and chicken. Not on the cRc list, which names no agency in Curaçao. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Curaçao | Not an agency. Products with kosher symbols in Centrum, Mangusa, Goisco and Carrefour each carry their own hechsher; check each symbol against the cRc list. Chalav Yisrael and Pas Yisrael are not usually stocked. | Not on the cRc list |
| Curaçao | Certifies Senior & Co.'s Curaçao liqueurs, distilled on the island at Landhuis Chobolobo, with a yearly inspection. On the cRc list (Star-K Kosher Certification). | On the cRc list |
| Cyprus | The national kashrut authority, running for about 20 years. Two levels: mehadrin (Chalav Yisrael, Pas Yisrael, glatt meat) and basic rabbinate (Chalav Stam, Pas Palter and non-glatt kosher meat allowed). Certifies almost every restaurant and kosher hotel on the island. Not on the cRc list, which names no agency in Cyprus. | Not on the cRc list |
| Cyprus | Supervising rabbi for Jerusalem, Anoch, Sushi Centrale and the Paphos Shabbat takeaway, all listed as mehadrin by the Chief Rabbinate. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Cyprus | Certifies Allenby (meat, mehadrin) and runs the Limassol Shabbat meals and food delivery, under the Chief Rabbinate. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Cyprus | Supervision named for the packaged meat and chicken sold in the Chabad of Latchi mini market. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Czechia | The community rabbinate (Chief Rabbi David Peter; kashrut department led by Rabbi Eliyahu Rotenberg at the King David). Certifies Shalom, Mizlala, the King David hotel (Mehadrin), the community shop, several bakeries and cafés, and publishes a yearly kosher product list for the Czech Republic. | Not on the cRc list |
| Czechia | Supervises its own restaurants: the Chabad Grill (glatt meat), U Milo and Shelanu (dairy, Chalav Yisrael and Pat Yisrael), and the Chabad kosher shop. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Czechia | Private supervision by the Chief Rabbi of Brno. Certifies 5th District by King Solomon (glatt meat) and Heimishe Trdelaich (Chalav Yisrael). Not part of the Prague rabbinate or Chabad: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Czechia | Supervises the Brno community meat kitchen and mikvah. | Not on the cRc list |
| Côte d'Ivoire | The Chabad rabbi supervises the Beth Chabad kitchen: take-away meals, hotel delivery and Shabbos food (meat). The only kosher supervision in the country. | Local Chabad supervision |
| DR Congo | The rabbi supervises the kosher meat, poultry and food Chabad supplies in Kinshasa. Not on the cRc agency list (no Congolese body is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Denmark | Supervises Taim, its catering and Shabbos meals; keeps its own list of kosher products in Danish shops. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Denmark | Publishes the Danish kosher product guide (2023) and points visitors to Gils Deli and D&A Kosher. | Not on the cRc list |
| Dominican Republic | Local Chabad shliach and shochet in Santo Domingo. Supervises Rimon Kosher Market, Rimon Restaurant and Glatt Kosher Catering; poultry is slaughtered locally, beef imported glatt from the US. Not on the cRc list by name. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Dominican Republic | Chabad shliach in Puerto Plata since 2025. Lists KosherCoast (meat) and HaMakolet (grocery) in Playa Dorada mall. Not on the cRc list by name. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Dominican Republic | Supervises the kosher kitchen at Eden Roc Cap Cana, with a resident mashgiach. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Ecuador | Supervises Kosher Pita Grill (restaurant, bakery, market, Galápagos and nationwide meal delivery) and the Chabad shechita meat sold in Guayaquil. Rabbi Fried has served the Guayaquil community since 2017. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ecuador | Chabad House in Quito since 2004: Shabbos meals and meals on request at the Chabad House. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ecuador | Chabad for travellers in Montañita since 2026: Shabbos meals and a small kosher restaurant on site. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ecuador | Not an agency. Supermarket kosher products each carry their own symbol; check every label. | Not on the cRc list |
| El Salvador | Supervises the Hamsa meat restaurant and Shabbos food at the Chabad House in El Sunzal. | Local Chabad supervision |
| El Salvador | Product certification for Salvadoran brands since January 2026 (the first was Café La Casona coffee). A product hechsher, not restaurant supervision. | Not on the cRc list |
| El Salvador | Imported packaged goods at Beit Israel's makolet and at Super Selectos and Walmart in San Salvador. Check the symbol on each item. | Not on the cRc list |
| Estonia | Supervises the community kosher shop (Kosher4U), the synagogue kitchen and Shabbos meals in Tallinn, and publishes a list of kosher products in local shops. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ethiopia | Supervises the kosher food and Shabbos meals Chabad provides in Addis Ababa. Not on the cRc agency list (no Ethiopian body is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Finland | The only body that can issue kosher certificates in Finland. Runs the community café and publishes the Finland Kosher List 2026 of supermarket products. | Not on the cRc list |
| Finland | Supervises its own frozen meals and Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| France | The main Paris certifier, run by the Consistoire. Publishes a live list of certified restaurants, caterers, bakeries and butchers. Restaurants are marked meat (bassari) or dairy (halavi); not every place is glatt or chalav Yisrael, so ask if that matters to you. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Places outside Paris that appear on the Consistoire's national kosher list (Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Grenoble, Normandy). Each is supervised by the local consistorial rabbinate. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Certifies restaurants, bakeries, caterers and butchers in Marseille under the Dayan, Rav Shmouel Melloul. Publishes its own lists. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Certifies places in Nice, Cannes and Antibes–Juan-les-Pins. Its lists mark which places are Lamehadrin and which are seasonal. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Every kosher shop, bakery, caterer and restaurant in Strasbourg has a resident mashgiach (chomer) approved by the Beth Din. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Lyon and Villeurbanne restaurants, shops and butchers. Some bakeries are supervised for plain breads only; ask which items. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Local rabbinate (Rav Itshak Weil) supervising the restaurants and bakery listed by the Aix-les-Bains community. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Strict Orthodox Paris supervision, on the cRc list. Based at the Agoudas Hakehilos synagogue, 10 rue Pavée. | On the cRc list |
| France | Paris Orthodox supervision on the cRc list; mainly dairy places (pizza, sushi, cafés) in the 17e and 19e. | On the cRc list |
| France | Paris Haredi kashrut office on the cRc list (Rabbi Jaacov D. Frankforter). No restaurants under it were found on current lists. | On the cRc list |
| France | Common on Paris-area pizzerias, burger and sushi places. No public list was found, so places under it are marked check locally. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Chabad rav supervising places in Paris, Levallois and Deauville. No public list found; marked check locally. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Local Cannes rabbinate; several Cannes places show it. No public list found; marked check locally. | Not on the cRc list |
| France | Chabad shliach supervising some Cannes restaurants. | Local Chabad supervision |
| France | Chabad supervision on a few Nice places. | Local Chabad supervision |
| France | Supervises many of the seasonal summer places in Juan-les-Pins. No public list found; marked check locally. | Not on the cRc list |
| Georgia | Supervises most independent kosher restaurants in Tbilisi (Shalom Aleichem, King David, Organique, Milk & Honey, Kosher Station, Elchikos, KFS) and co-supervises the kosher hotels with Rabbi Chaim Attias. Mostly mehadrin. Not on the cRc list; check the certificate on the wall. | Not on the cRc list |
| Georgia | Chabad's own kitchens: Mendi's and the dairy kitchen in Tbilisi (chalav Yisrael) and HaMisada Al HaEsh in Batumi, all mehadrin with a mashgiach. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Georgia | Israeli supervision used by the kosher hotels: Genesis (Bereshit), Cron Palace, King Solomon in Batumi (with the Chief Rabbi), La Casa, Organique Batumi and the Gudauri ski packages. Mehadrin. | Not on the cRc list |
| Georgia | Resident rabbi who runs and supervises Ein HaYam (meat) and 770 (dairy) in Batumi, next to his synagogue. | Not on the cRc list |
| Georgia | Kinor David glatt kosher hotel and restaurant in Tbilisi. Confirm on arrival. | Not on the cRc list |
| Georgia | Anise restaurant at the Gallery Palace hotel, Tbilisi: mehadrin, chalav and pat Yisrael, glatt meat. Confirm it is current. | Not on the cRc list |
| Georgia | On some imported products in Georgian supermarkets (olive oil, pasta) on Chabad's product list. | On the cRc list |
| Georgia | On marked Kellogg's cereals sold in Georgia; only the flavours with the symbol. | On the cRc list |
| Georgia | On some Russian-made products sold in Georgia (Greenfield tea, Makfa and Yelli pasta) on Chabad's product list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | Supervises L'Chaim, King David Garden (restaurant and hotel), Kosher Good Morning and Balaboosta in west Berlin. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Germany | Community rabbinate of the Jüdische Gemeinde zu Berlin. Certifies Bobbe (glatt lemehadrin) and Patisserie Avnon (products marked kosher, chalav stam, not pas Yisrael) and supervises the Joachimstaler Straße mikvah. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | Historic Orthodox congregation in Mitte; its Beth Café runs under the community's own ritual supervision. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | Certifies Sohar's (glatt), Shalom Makkabi, 269 and Dominion (both vegan) and the Friday challah sale. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | Constant supervision of Restaurant Einstein (glatt) and Danel Feinkost; kashrut questions to Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Brodman. Also publishes certificates for Hofpfisterei and Stocker's breads. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | Kashrut for the Kosher Market Hamburg shop and catering. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Germany | Community rabbinate of Cologne; supervises Mazal Tov in the Roonstraße synagogue and selected breads at Bäckerei Zimmermann. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | The LeKosher shop and LE Koscher catering in the community building. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | Chabad Munich frozen meals; shluchim in Düsseldorf, Dresden, Freiburg and other cities can arrange food on order. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Germany | Lists Eretz Stuttgart on its kosher page and certifies some regional products; the restaurant's supervising rabbi is not named. | Not on the cRc list |
| Germany | Publishes Germany's kosher product list (Koscherliste) for ordinary supermarkets. Not a restaurant certifier in this guide. | Not on the cRc list |
| Ghana | Supervises Chabad of Ghana's meals, kosher meal plan and Shabbos food; its store sells imported packaged goods under their own hechsherim. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar's own kashrut authority, run by the community rabbinate. Certifies Grill & Grain (glatt meat, Bet Yosef), Amar's Restaurant (dairy, Chalav Yisrael, Pas Yisrael) and Amar's Bakery, and food producers in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Certificates name the level; ask to see them. | Not on the cRc list |
| Gibraltar | Named as the supervisor of Ethy's Catering (glatt meat). Ask the caterer for the current certificate. | Not on the cRc list |
| Greece | Supervises Gostijo (meat: glatt, Chalak Beit Yosef, Bishul Yisrael), Parakalo (dairy: Chalav Yisrael, Pat Yisrael) and the e-kosher grocery and catering. Not on the cRc list; local Chabad supervision. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Greece | European rabbinical body's kosher label. Certifies the Aspen dairy bistro in Athens (Chalav Yisrael, Pat Yisrael) and Lechaim in Crete (mehadrin, with Chabad of Crete's rabbi as supervisor). Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Greece | Supervises the Shalom restaurant at the Astoria Hotel, the Ladino caterer, the dairy pizza delivery and the Chabad shop. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Greece | Supervises the Jerusalem Restaurant and Shabbos boxes at the Chabad House. Meat glatt Beit Yosef, Lubavitch shechita. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Greece | Runs the Chabad taverna in Hersonissos and is the supervising rabbi at Lechaim (under the EK label). Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Greece | Seasonal dinner and Shabbos-meal service; Lubavitch shechita meat. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Greece | Certificate shown by Kosher Mykonos covers the 2025 season only; ask to see the current one. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Grenada | Runs and supervises the island's only kosher kitchen and store in True Blue: glatt meat, cold cuts, takeout, Shabbos meals. Locally supervised Chabad shechita meat is also sold. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Grenada | Not an agency. Kosher non-perishables at the IGA supermarket each carry their own symbol; check every label. | Not on the cRc list |
| Guatemala | Supervises its own deli, bakery and catering kitchen in Zona 13. Its website also has a kosher certification section for products. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Guatemala | Supervises Daria's Kitchen, the restaurant inside the Chabad House (meat and pareve). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Guatemala | Supervises the Chabad House restaurant (meat) and its espresso bar (dairy). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Guatemala | The community body (Zona 9). Takes part in kosher certification and publishes a list of kosher products found in Guatemalan shops. | Not on the cRc list |
| Honduras | Cooks and delivers kosher food on Roatán and hosts Shabbos meals. New house; it does not appear in the main Chabad directory, so confirm details by WhatsApp before you rely on it. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Hong Kong | Supervises the Jewish Community Centre kitchens (Sabra, Seven Zero, Shabbat dinner, takeaway and catering) and the Koshermart, with a mashgiach temidi. Meat and poultry mehadrin; bread and cakes pas Yisrael; not all dairy chalav Yisrael. Not on the cRc list (no Hong Kong agency is): ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hong Kong | Rabbi Meoded, chief rabbi of Hong Kong's Sephardi community, supervises Mul Hayam and the Kehilat Zion Shabbos meals: glatt kosher lamehadrin. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hong Kong | The Chabad shluchim supervise their own Shabbos meals, the Chabad of Kowloon kitchen (Rabbi Lieberman), the kosher booth at big trade fairs and kosher events at the Grand Hyatt, JW Marriott and Aberdeen Marina Club. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Hungary | The Chabad-led beth din of EMIH, the main certifier in Budapest: Carmel, Tel Aviv Café, Shuk HaCarmel, Brooklyn Bagel (lemehadrin), Cafe Tamar, Falafel Bar, Marrakesh, MeatUp, UpTown Bakery, Kürtős and the Semesh bakery. Restaurant meat is glatt. Rabbi Oberlander is also the posek of the Pest eruv. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hungary | Supervises Hanna, the restaurant of the Autonomous Orthodox Community (MAOIH) at the Kazinczy Street Synagogue. Not to be confused with the Chicago cRc; not on the cRc list of acceptable agencies. Ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hungary | The historic Orthodox community (Kazinczy Street). Runs Hanna restaurant and lists its own butcher and grocery, which have no current public details. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hungary | Israeli badatz supervising the kosher branch of Hummus Bar (Wesselényi 14) only. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hungary | Israeli badatz supervising Nitavalo (Dob utca). Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hungary | Private supervision of Ashis' Israeli Street Food. Not on the cRc list; ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hungary | Chabad shliach in Debrecen supervising Hamsza restaurant, within the EMIH kashrus system. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Hungary | On the cRc list. Co-certifies the Semesh bakery (with Rabbi Oberlander, chalav Yisrael) and supervises the food at Rabbi Yeshayale's House (Hachnosas Orchim Rubin) in Kerestir. | On the cRc list |
| Hungary | Publishes the national list of kosher places (Kosher Market, Kosher Catering, Cháj Café Szentendre and the restaurants above). Its kashrus is run through Rabbi Oberlander's beth din. | Not on the cRc list |
| Hungary | The rabbinate of the Neolog community, which is not Orthodox. Its certification is not used for any listing in this guide; Orthodox travellers should look for one of the Orthodox hechsherim above. | Not on the cRc list |
| Iceland | All kosher supervision in Iceland. Runs the community kitchen and kosher shop and publishes the kosher list of Icelandic supermarket products. | Local Chabad supervision |
| India | Chabad-Lubavitch shluchim at Nariman House; supervise their own restaurant, bakery and catering (Kosher Mumbai). No Indian agency is on the cRc list; this is a Chabad shliach supervising directly. | Local Chabad supervision |
| India | Glatt kosher meat restaurant, shop and catering company in Paharganj with a full-time mashgiach; meat is Lubavitch shechita; imports carry Israeli Badatz or Rabbi Landau certification. Run independently of the central Chabad-Lubavitch directory. | Local Chabad supervision |
| India | Restaurants at Dharamkot and Bhagsu under the shliach: checked produce, sifted flour, bishul Yisrael, poultry slaughtered and koshered by them. | Local Chabad supervision |
| India | Glatt kosher mehadrin meat restaurant and catering in Palolem; Lubavitch shechita; spices and products under Badatz. | Local Chabad supervision |
| India | Kasol, Manali, Pushkar, Rishikesh, Varanasi, Hampi and Kasar Devi: each kitchen is supervised by the resident shliach. Most belong to an Israeli network that is separate from the central Chabad-Lubavitch directory; ask the house who supervises. | Local Chabad supervision |
| India | Meals by order for visitors. | Local Chabad supervision |
| India | Its symbol is the one to look for on imported American products (peanut butter, mayonnaise) in Indian shops. | On the cRc list |
| India | Its symbol is the one to look for on imported coconut milk and cream in Indian shops. | On the cRc list |
| India | Israeli products imported by Chabad Delhi. | On the cRc list |
| Iran | Supervises the community's kosher food, including the restaurant in the Abrishami Synagogue complex. Not on the cRc list; standards and levels not published. | Not on the cRc list |
| Ireland | Ireland's only local kashrut authority, run by the Chief Rabbi. Certifies Deli 613, Melanie Stein's catering and named items at Bretzel Bakery, and publishes the Quick Kosher Guide of approved supermarket products (most dairy is Chalav Stam; baked goods not all Pas Yisrael). Partners with KLBD for exports. | Not on the cRc list |
| Ireland | Supervises Deli 613 jointly with the KCI, and its own Shabbos and holiday meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ireland | No restaurants in Ireland, but many UK-made products in Irish supermarkets carry its symbol or are on its product list. | On the cRc list |
| Ireland | Product certification only; its symbol appears on some products sold in Ireland. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | The city rabbinate's kashrut department. Issues three levels: regular (kosher), Mehuderet and Mehadrin, each marked meat, dairy or pareve on the certificate. Publishes the list of certified businesses; certificates on it currently run to January 2027. Restaurants under it close for Shabbos. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Every city's religious council certifies under the Chief Rabbinate, at a regular or Mehadrin level. This is the baseline certificate on most Israeli restaurants, hotels and supermarkets. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Regional rabbinate for Gush Etzion (Kfar Etzion, Alon Shvut, Neve Daniel, the junction). Most places it certifies are at Mehadrin level. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Jerusalem's strictest and best-known Badatz. On the cRc list. Common in Geula, Meah Shearim and on many Israeli products. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Badatz based in Rechovot, on the cRc list as "Badatz Mehadrin". Certifies restaurants, cafés and food producers across Israel. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Bnei Brak Badatz (Rav Shevach Rosenblatt), on the cRc list; common on meat and dairy products. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Bnei Brak hashgacha on the cRc list; common on products and some eateries. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Modiin Illit (Kiryat Sefer) hashgacha on the cRc list. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Agricultural-halacha institute (terumos, maasros, shmita) on the cRc list; seen on produce and some restaurants. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Widely used Sephardi Badatz (founded by Rav Ovadia Yosef's circle). Common in Jerusalem restaurants and on products. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Yemenite-founded Badatz, strong on meat (Yoreh Deah shechita) and seen on restaurants. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | The Belz community's hashgacha; seen on bakeries and eateries in Chareidi neighbourhoods. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Agudas Yisrael's hashgacha; seen on some bakeries and producers. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | On the cRc list. In Israel the OU certifies a small number of restaurants and hotels, usually alongside the local Rabbanut. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Supervision outside the Rabbanut system, mostly in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem's trendier cafés. Not on the cRc list. Places holding only these are not listed as kosher in this guide. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Tel Aviv-Yafo Religious Council (city rabbinate). Publishes the live list of every certified business in the city. Levels are regular or mehadrin; every Tel Aviv hotel holds the regular certificate. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Netanya Religious Council (city rabbinate); regular and mehadrin certificates. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Ra'anana Religious Council (city rabbinate); publishes its list of businesses with valid regular or mehadrin certificates. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Ramat Gan city rabbinate; regular and mehadrin certificates. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Petah Tikva city rabbinate. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Herzliya Religious Council (city rabbinate). | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Kfar Saba Religious Council (city rabbinate). | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Hadera city rabbinate. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Givatayim Religious Council (city rabbinate). | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Zichron Ya'akov local rabbinate (Chelkas HaKashrus). | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Givat Shmuel Religious Council. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Shoham local rabbinate; certifies some places outside Shoham, such as The Jaffa hotel and Salon Yevani. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Hof HaCarmel regional religious services, covering Caesarea. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Bnei Brak city rabbinate. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Private Sephardi badatz of Rabbi Shlomo Machpud; mehadrin standard, widely trusted in the Charedi world. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Private badatz based in Petah Tikva (mehadrin standard). | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Badatz of Rabbi Landau, Bnei Brak; among the strictest standards. | On the cRc list |
| Israel | Private Charedi badatz (Badatz Kehillos / Kehilot) seen in Bnei Brak (mehadrin). | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | In-house hashgacha of the Sanz (Klausenburg) community in Netanya (mehadrin). | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | The city rabbinate's kashrut department. Certificates come at two levels, regular and mehadrin, each marked meat, dairy or pareve; the current certificate list is published on the Ministry of Religious Services portal. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Local rabbinate certification in Tiberias, regular and mehadrin; many restaurants and hotels in town are mehadrin. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Regional rabbinate for the Kinneret shore kibbutzim (Ginosar, Ein Gev, Kinneret, Tzemach), regular and mehadrin. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Local rabbinate certification in Nahariya and the surrounding Western Galilee, regular and mehadrin. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Local rabbinate for Kiryat Shmona and the Upper Galilee kibbutzim; most eateries in town are mehadrin. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Local rabbinate in Katzrin; most eateries are mehadrin. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Regional rabbinate for the Golan villages and the Kinneret's north-east shore, regular and mehadrin. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | The top tier of the Tzfat Religious Council's three kashrut tiers (Badatz Tzfat, mehadrin, regular). Meat comes from Rav Landau, the Eida Chareidis or Badatz Tzfat, and also Rav Rubin where marked on the certificate. The council publishes a yearly list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | The Tzfat Religious Council's mehadrin and regular tiers. Mehadrin places use products under badatz certifications the council accepts; regular places may use any rabbinate-approved products. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Local rabbinate in Rosh Pina. It does not publish certificate levels online; ask to see the certificate. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Local rabbinate in Akko. It does not publish certificate levels online; ask to see the certificate. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Local rabbinate in Karmiel. It publishes a live list of businesses with a certificate in force, mostly regular level; some places add a badatz (She'erit Yisrael, Beit Yosef, Birkat Eliyahu, Eida Chareidis, Rav Kaufman) on top. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Private Sephardi mehadrin badatz. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Private Yemenite/Sephardi mehadrin badatz. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Israel | Private mehadrin badatz. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Italy | Certifies almost every kosher place in Rome under Chief Rabbi Riccardo Shmuel Di Segni and publishes the official list. Most meat restaurants are not glatt and cook to the Ashkenazi (Rama) standard; Beit Yosef can be asked for. Dairy places on the list are Chalav Yisrael. Ba'Ghetto (Glatt Mehadrin) and Yotvata (Chalav Yisrael Lemehadrin) are the stricter options. Pareve sweets must carry the office's seal. | Not on the cRc list |
| Italy | Certifies the restaurants, bakeries and butchers on the Milan community's list under Chief Rabbi Alfonso Arbib. Several meat places are mehadrin; ask about Beit Yosef meat. | Not on the cRc list |
| Italy | Each Jewish community's rabbi supervises its own short list: Florence (Rabbi Gadi Piperno), Venice (glatt meat at Ba'Ghetto Venezia, the Volpe bakery), Turin (dairy Chalav Stam, a bakery and gelato) and Trieste's community shop. | Not on the cRc list |
| Italy | The only Italian agency on the cRc's recognised list. Glatt mehadrin. In this guide it certifies Capri Kosher (seasonal). | On the cRc list |
| Italy | Chabad houses supervise their own kitchens: Gam Gam and Gam Gam Goodies in Venice (glatt / Chalav Yisrael mehadrin), Beit Chabad Milano's Eshel Israel catering, Beit Chabad Central Milan's lunch restaurant, and the Shabbos meals in Rome, Florence, Naples and Lake Garda. Standards are the local shaliach's; ask him. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Italy | Supervises My Kosher Hotel in Canazei (Dolomites), mehadrin, certificate valid to spring 2027. | Not on the cRc list |
| Italy | Supervises Cantina Giuliano in the Tuscan hills: glatt lemehadrin, Chalav Yisrael, Pat Yisrael (seasonal, summer only). | Not on the cRc list |
| Jamaica | The only kosher supplier on the island. Supervises the Kosher Hot Spot (dairy, chalav Yisroel) and the takeout and catering kitchen (meat, chicken, dairy; bread pas Yisroel except bagels). Not on the cRc list by name. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Japan | Japan's oldest kosher certifier (since 1999), run by the Chabad House of Japan in Omori, Tokyo. Supervises Kosher Delica, Chabad of Kyoto's kitchen, the kosher kaiseki at Honke Tankuma, the ENT Terrace kosher guesthouse and many Japanese factories. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Japan | Certifier founded in 2000 under Rabbi Menachem Mendel (Mendi) Sudakevich, head of Chabad Lubavitch of Japan in Takanawa. Certifies David's Deli as glatt; Rabbi Sudakevich also supervises the Takanawa Chabad kitchen. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Japan | The Chabad shliach in Kobe supervises the community's Shabbos meals and runs its kosher shop. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Japan | The Tokyo community's own meat kitchen, run under guidelines approved by its board and supervised day to day by the community rabbi. Used for its Shabbat meals only. | Not on the cRc list |
| Japan | Supermarkets in Tokyo are not supervised; only the imported products carry hechsherim. The big American agencies are on the cRc list; check each label. | On the cRc list |
| Kazakhstan | Chabad's own kitchens, kosher stores and meat in Almaty, Karaganda and Kostanay, and the meals at its centres. Not on the cRc list; local Chabad supervision under the Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Kenya | Supervises the Chabad restaurant, catering, and the kosher meat, poultry, wine and bread sold through Chabad. Also offers kosher supervision for groups, private chefs and local companies. Not on the cRc agency list (no Kenyan body is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Kenya | Certifies local food production for export; it does not supervise a restaurant for travellers. | Not on the cRc list |
| Latvia | Supervises the kosher shop and the Lechaim kosher kitchen in Riga and publishes a list of kosher products sold in Riga shops (products marked as not mehadrin are not pas, cholov or bishul Yisrael). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Lithuania | Supervises Chabad's kitchen in Vilnius (pre-packed lunches and Shabbos meals) and publishes a list of kosher products in local supermarkets. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Lithuania | The Kaunas student centre describes its weekday meat restaurant as mehadrin; it does not name an outside certifier, so confirm locally. | Not on the cRc list |
| Luxembourg | Takes kosher meal orders and sells kosher products from its centre. No certified restaurant operates in Luxembourg. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Malta | Supplies packed Shabbos food and sells imported kosher products. No certified restaurant operates in Malta at present. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mauritius | Supervises Kosher Kitchen Mauritius meal orders and Shabbos meals. Not on the cRc agency list (no Mauritian body is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | The kashrut committee of the Maguén David (Syrian-Aleppo) community and Mexico's main certifier: about 200 restaurants, bakeries, butchers and shops in Mexico City, plus Cancún and Playa del Carmen. Each listing shows its level: meat (Mehadrin / Jalak Beit Yosef on many), dairy (Chalav Yisrael or Chalav Stam), pareve. In Cancún and the Riviera, all KMD dairy is Chalav Yisrael and all meat Jalak Beit Yosef. Not on the cRc list; widely relied on by Orthodox visitors. Ask your rabbi. | Not on the cRc list |
| Mexico | The Ashkenazi community's kashrut agency (Vaad Hakashrut). Certifies products, caterers and a handful of restaurants in Mexico City. Not on the cRc list; ask your rabbi. | Not on the cRc list |
| Mexico | Mexico City agency certifying products, Pan y Canela cafés (Chalav Yisrael) and the kosher outlet at the St. Regis Kanai. Not on the cRc list; ask your rabbi. | Not on the cRc list |
| Mexico | Private agency under Rabbi Berel Simpser covering resort kosher kitchens (NIZUC, Solaz) and some Playa del Carmen restaurants. Not on the cRc list; ask your rabbi before relying on it. | Not on the cRc list |
| Mexico | Supervision run by Chabad rabbis in the Riviera Maya (and elsewhere in Latin America); covers Malka, Bruncho and Hilula in Playa del Carmen and Chocolatte in Cozumel, several at Mehadrin level. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Supervises Two Smokers in Playa del Carmen with a full-time mashgiach. Ask Chabad of Playa who stands behind it. | Not on the cRc list |
| Mexico | The Cancún community rabbi's supervision: SLS Playa Mujeres resort and the Yaffo restaurant. Not on the cRc list; ask your rabbi. | Not on the cRc list |
| Mexico | Supervises its own Kosher Hotspot restaurant. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Supervises its own Shabbos food and Bruncho café. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Supervises Kosher Riviera Maya catering and delivery: glatt, Chalak Beit Yosef meat. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Supervises its own Alma restaurant and bakery. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Supervises its own Shalom restaurant. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Supervises its own meat restaurant and Cafe Mor. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Supervises Ray's Cabo (glatt meat), The Bagel Spot (Chalav Yisrael), the CJC meat freezer and the kosher kitchen at Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Mexico | Chabad of Guadalajara's agency; on the cRc list. Mostly industrial and product certification; look for it on packaged foods. | On the cRc list |
| Mexico | On the cRc list. Product and industrial certification; no restaurants found. | On the cRc list |
| Mexico | Guadalajara community's own kosher shop selling meat, wine and groceries from certified suppliers. | Not on the cRc list |
| Moldova | Glatt kosher supervision of the Chabad kitchen and the Moldova Kosher restaurant in Chișinău. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Montenegro | Supervises every kosher restaurant in the country: Shalom in Budva (meat, mehadrin, bishul Yisrael) and River and Pizza Paradise in Podgorica. Also publishes a list of kosher products sold in local shops. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Morocco | The only body allowed to certify kosher food in Morocco since the July 2021 interministerial circular. Certifies restaurants (meat 'Bassari', dairy 'Halavi'), caterers, butchers, groceries, bakeries, hotels and products. Publishes its 2026 list for Casablanca; Marrakech places are certified one by one. Chabad of Casablanca recommends only the parve options at the community meat restaurants. | Not on the cRc list |
| Morocco | Run Shabbos meals and keep recommended food lists; they do not supervise restaurants. Chabad of Marrakech states that no restaurant in Marrakech is under its supervision. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Namibia | The Chabad House's own supervision under Rabbi Yosef Rachimi, who serves as chief rabbi of Namibia. Covers its catering, deliveries and Shabbos meals. Shechita by a licensed shochet from South Africa; products imported from Israel. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Nepal | Supervises the Chabad House restaurant, Shabbos meals and holiday meals in Kathmandu, and Chabad's seasonal events in Pokhara and Manang. Not on the cRc agency list (no Nepali agency is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Netherlands | Certifies every kosher restaurant, bakery, butcher and caterer in Amsterdam and Amstelveen under joint Ashkenazi and Sephardi supervision. All restaurant meat is glatt; a te'udat hechsher should hang in each place. Chabad describes the level as mehadrin. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Netherlands | Publishes the national kosher product list (supermarket brands, with a Chalav Yisrael / Pas Yisrael subset compiled by Chabad Central Amsterdam). Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Netherlands | Product certification on Dutch-made foods; you will see it on packaging rather than on restaurants. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Netherlands | Chabad's own Shabbos meals and Shabbat TO GO, cooked in the kitchen shared with Machane Yehuda, which is under the Amsterdam Rabbinate. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Netherlands | No certified food business in The Hague; Shabbos hospitality only, by arrangement with the rabbi. | Local Chabad supervision |
| New Zealand | New Zealand's local hechsher, run from the Auckland Hebrew Congregation under Rabbi Netanel Kaszovitz; halachic questions go to the Kashrut Authority (Sydney). Certifies The Kosher Deli and local manufacturers, and publishes a supermarket product directory. Not on the cRc agency list. | Not on the cRc list |
| New Zealand | cRc-listed as 'Kosher Authority of Australia and NZ' (products and establishments directly certified by the KA only). Relevant for imported packaged products. | On the cRc list |
| New Zealand | cRc-listed (directly certified only). Its product list is the reference Chabad Hebrew NZ suggests for New Zealand shoppers. | On the cRc list |
| New Zealand | Supervises its own kosher shop, challah, catering and Shabbos meals in Auckland. | Local Chabad supervision |
| New Zealand | Shabbos meals at its own Chabad house. | Local Chabad supervision |
| New Zealand | Linked to The Bond Street Deli in Wellington; the deli's own site does not state its supervision, so it is marked check locally. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Nicaragua | Supervises Hershey's (meat, mehadrin), Alma Café (dairy, chalav Yisrael, pas Yisrael, bishul Yisrael) and the kosher option at Nekupe; publishes a kosher product list for local shops. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Nicaragua | Local supermarket goods on Chabad's Nicaragua product list (OU and others). Check the symbol on each item. | Not on the cRc list |
| Nigeria | Supervises Chabad of Nigeria's kitchen in Abuja (hot meals, Shabbos dinners) and its Makolet kosher store; imported packaged goods carry their own hechsherim. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Nigeria | Supervises Shabbos meals and kosher food at Chabad of Lagos. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Norway | Supervises the community kitchens, the Kosher Mat store and Kosher Nordic Venture's meals; approves Åpent Bakeri breads and pastries; publishes the Norwegian kosher list of supermarket products. The rabbi also certifies factories for the Orthodox Union (OU). | Not on the cRc list |
| Norway | Hosts Shabbos meals for visitors. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Panama | The country's kashrut authority. Glatt Beit Yosef meat; dairy marked Chalav Stam or Chalav Yisrael; Mehadrin at a few places. | On the cRc list |
| Panama | Chabad of Bocas del Toro, Boquete and Playa Venao supervise their own kitchens. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Panama | Yeshiva Week programme at the Renaissance. | Not on the cRc list |
| Paraguay | Chabad's certification service for food companies and ingredients, run for more than 20 years under Rabbi Levi Feigelstock. It certifies products, not restaurants; ask Chabad which local products are kosher. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Peru | Chabad's own mehadrin kitchens in Lima (meat, Chalav Yisrael dairy, bakery), its kosher shop and its delivery service. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Peru | The Chabad house restaurants in Cusco and the supervision of The Tahini House café. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Peru | The Chabad house kitchen in Pisac. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Peru | The kashrut agency of Lima's Ashkenazi community; certifies D'Myrian Kosher, Bobe's Kitchen and local food producers. Not on the cRc agency list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Philippines | On the cRc list as "Kosher East", 2862 E. Zobel Street, Makati (the Chabad of Manila address), Rabbi Yosef Levy. Supervises the Chabad of Manila restaurant and kosher store. | On the cRc list |
| Philippines | The restaurants and shops in the Cebu, Bohol, Boracay, El Nido and Siargao Chabad houses are supervised by each house's own shliach (named on each listing). Cebu describes its kitchen as mehadrin. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Philippines | The community rabbi supervises the Beit Yaakov meat and dairy kitchens, which cater dine-in, takeaway, Shabbos and tour-group meals and Philippine Airlines kosher meals. | Not on the cRc list |
| Philippines | A Chabad shliach in the Philippines who signs the certificate displayed at Aziza (meat, mehadrin, Beit Yosef, pas and bishul Yisrael). Not a published agency; check the certificate on site. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Poland | The national rabbinate's kashrut, run from the Nożyk Synagogue in Warsaw. Supervises products and several caterers, bakeries, community canteens and JCC kitchens, and publishes the national kosher list (koszernapolska.pl). Rabbi Schudrich is also the OU's field representative for Polish factories. | Not on the cRc list |
| Poland | Supervises Falafel Shelanu (dairy), the Chabad kosher shop and its own Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Poland | Supervises its own meat kitchen, catering and Shabbos meals in Warsaw. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Poland | Shabbos meals by arrangement in Katowice. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Poland | Hechsher of all Kosher Delight Poland branches (Kraków, Warsaw, Łódź), with mashgichim on site. Meat and parve; dairy breakfasts with Chalav Yisrael milk. | Not on the cRc list |
| Poland | The owner-rabbi of Ohel Avraham, Kraków, supervises it himself as mehadrin meat. | Not on the cRc list |
| Poland | Runs its own kitchen at the Rebbe Reb Elimelech's kever. The supervising rav is not published; ask on site. | Not on the cRc list |
| Portugal | Lisbon's Orthodox Sephardi community (Rabbi Reuven Suiza). Co-certifies Genesis with Chabad; certifies Portuguese kosher products. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Portugal | Cascais. Co-certifies Genesis in Lisbon and supervises its own meal service and Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Portugal | Supervises Le J and, when reopened, Hotel da Música's kosher kitchen (Rabbi Daniel Litvak), Ibéria, the Makolet grocery and Sababa catering. Publishes a list of kosher products in Portuguese supermarkets. | Not on the cRc list |
| Portugal | Albufeira (Rabbi Shmuel Cohen). The Noah glatt kosher meat restaurant and Shabbos takeaway work under its rabbinical supervision; the supervising rabbi is not named on the restaurant's site. | Not on the cRc list |
| Portugal | Almancil. Shabbos meals at its own table; supervises no restaurants. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Puerto Rico | Kashrut agency of the Chabad Jewish Center of Puerto Rico under Rabbi Mendel Zarchi. Certifies OMRKT Kosher Restaurant and Chabad's own kitchen (Kosher in Paradise) and pantry. Both "Caribbean Kosher" and "Chabad Lubavitch of Puerto Rico" are on the cRc acceptable-agencies list. | On the cRc list |
| Romania | Supervises Avraham Kosher (dairy, Chalav Yisrael, Pat Yisrael) and Zadok Bsarim (meat, regular). Publishes a kosher product list for local supermarkets. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Romania | Mehadrin supervision of Moise House restaurants in Bucharest (meat and dairy) and Predeal. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Romania | Chabad's own mehadrin kitchen, Bereshit restaurant and grocery at the Chabad House, Bucharest. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Romania | Kosher catering by order and Shabbos meals at the Chabad house. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Russia | The main kashrut authority in Russia (Federation of Jewish Communities, Chabad-led), trading as Kosher Certification-KR. Certifies most kosher restaurants and shops in Moscow, some in St Petersburg and Novosibirsk, and many supermarket products; lists at kosher.ru. Not on the cRc agency list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Russia | Kashrut department of the Rabbinical Court of Moscow at the Moscow Choral Synagogue (MERO). Certifies products, restaurants and caterers, and supervises the Lechaim restaurant in the Choral Synagogue. Not on the cRc agency list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Russia | The Chief Rabbi of St Petersburg and Chabad representative personally oversees the kashrus of Lechaim and the kosher shop at the Grand Choral Synagogue. Not on the cRc agency list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Rwanda | Supervises the kosher food and Shabbos meals at Chabad in Kigali. Not on the cRc agency list (no Rwandan body is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Saint Lucia | Runs and supervises the island's only kosher kitchen in Rodney Bay: hotel catering, Shabbos meals and the weekly barbecue. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Saint Lucia | Not an agency. Supermarket products with kosher symbols (Chabad points to Massy Gourmet in Rodney Bay) each carry their own hechsher; check every label. | Not on the cRc list |
| Saudi Arabia | Private supervision of the kosher kitchen at his Jewish centre in Riyadh. Not a kashrus agency and not on the cRc list; ask him directly about meat source, shechita and standards. | Not on the cRc list |
| Serbia | Chabad's own kitchen in Belgrade (Shabbos meals, sandwiches, group meals). Rabbi Kaminetzky also serves as local supervisor for international agencies certifying Serbian factories. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Singapore | The Chief Rabbi of Singapore's kashrut service (also called the Va'ad Le'inyane Kashruth of Singapore), on the cRc list as 'Singapore Kashruth Services-Asia Kosher'. Certifies Awafi (glatt meat), Aniba (dairy, chalav stam, mehadrin, pas and bishul Yisrael, mashgiach temidi), Elite Kosher Mart, JWB catering and the community Shabbos meals. | On the cRc list |
| Slovakia | All kosher food in Slovakia: Chabad's mehadrin catering (glatt, Bishul/Pas Yisrael, Chalav Yisrael), online shop and product list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| South Africa | The national kashrut authority (BD symbol). Certifies Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Plettenberg Bay and the listed safari lodges and operators. Places are marked meat, dairy, Chalav Yisrael or parev; some meat places are Mehadrin. On the cRc list as "Johannesburg Beis Din Union of Orthodox Syn SA" (products with its symbol). | On the cRc list |
| South Africa | Supervises Cape Town establishments under the same Beth Din of South Africa symbol; they appear on the Kosher SA list. Meat is glatt; dairy is not Chalav Yisrael unless stated. The cRc list names only the Johannesburg Beth Din. | Not on the cRc list |
| South Africa | Chabad of Sandton Central, the Chabad House Cape Town for Israelis & Tourists and Chabad of the North Coast (Umhlanga) prepare their own Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| South Korea | The Chabad shliach in Seoul runs and supervises Korea's only kosher kitchen (the Chabad restaurant, Shabbat meals and meal delivery) and the Korea Kosher online shop. Not on the cRc agency list (no Korean agency is): ask your rav. | Local Chabad supervision |
| South Korea | Shops in Korea are not supervised; only imported products carry hechsherim. Check every label. | On the cRc list |
| Spain | The Orthodox Sephardi community's kashrut office. Publishes Madrid's official list of certified restaurants, bakeries, shops and caterers, and certifies over 200 Spanish factories and wineries for export. Its list marks each place as dairy (jalaví) or meat (basarí); some bakeries are approved for bread only. | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | La Escudilla restaurant and its Carnicería Shalom butcher state that their meat passes the controls of the Rabbi of Madrid, but neither is on the community's current published list. Shown with a check-locally badge. | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | Chabad of Barcelona (Rabbi Dovid Libersohn) supervises Taim catering, its Gothic Quarter wine shop and the kosher dinners at Xerta. Chabad Marbella (Rabbi Mendy Attal) supervises the Marvella hotel restaurant, Milky, the summer grill and the Keki breads. Chabad of Ibiza runs its own summer restaurant. Standards are the shaliach's own; ask him. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Spain | Barcelona-based rabbinic court whose certificate covers Kosher Ibiza (glatt lemehadrin, Halak Beit Yosef) and El Falafel de Shani in La Boqueria (mehadrin). | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | The main Barcelona community runs kosher certification and catering under Rav Samuel Garzón. Barcelona's chief rabbi Meir Bar-Hen (Centro Bet David) also issues kosher certificates. | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | Supervises La Kaña Kosher and lists Málaga's kosher shops, butchers and caterers. | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | Supervises the El Dorado (K Prestige) meat restaurant and catering, glatt. | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | Supervises the Cash Kash butcher, shop and summer restaurant in Torremolinos (glatt, Halak Beit Yosef). | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | Runs the kosher shop and prepared food at the Palma synagogue and issues its own kosher certification. | Not on the cRc list |
| Spain | The national federation publishes a list of kosher establishments in Spain. A place that appears only on this list, with no supervising rabbi named, is shown with a check-locally badge. | Not on the cRc list |
| Sri Lanka | Each Chabad house (Colombo, Weligama, Ella, Arugam Bay, Hiriketiya) supervises its own kitchen and Shabbos meals. The network was founded about 23 years ago by Rabbi Mendy Crombie. Not on the cRc agency list (no Sri Lankan agency is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Sweden | The community's Orthodox rabbi supervises the Makolet kosher market and certifies King David's Mat and Miriam's Catering. Also publishes the Stockholm kosher list of supermarket products (most without ongoing supervision). | Not on the cRc list |
| Sweden | Supervises its own takeout and Shabbos meals. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Sweden | Owns and runs the Kosherlivs shop. | Not on the cRc list |
| Sweden | Runs Kosher Delikatesser AB, a small kosher supply for members and visitors. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | The strictly Orthodox German-tradition community of Zurich (Rabbi Chaim Moische Levy). Certifies Ma'adan Bakery and co-supervises the shechita for Kol Tuv; publishes the Swiss mehadrin product and bread lists. | On the cRc list |
| Switzerland | The Chassidish community rabbinate in Zurich, the hechsher most heimish visitors look for. Certifies Florentin, Babi's Bagels, Cholowiss, Fein & Schein, Taam we Re'ach, Oineg Shabbes, LSK Catering and Tinyfish's kosher branch; co-supervises Kol Tuv's meat. Meat is glatt. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | The main Geneva community rabbinate. Certifies Le Jardin, Ketori, EMS Les Marronniers and the community butcher. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | Geneva's strictly Orthodox Ashkenazi community. Supervises L'Angolo della Pizza (chalav Yisrael) and Neiss Food (mehadrin). | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | Supervises Moïshi Falafel (glatt meat). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Switzerland | The Basel community rabbinate. Supervises Babait Café (dairy is chalav stam) and the community butcher, and keeps a list of kosher breads at two local bakery chains. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | Supervises the O'Centre community restaurant; takeaway meals carry the rabbinate's seal. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | Certifies the vegetarian Restaurant Vanakam in Bern. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | Hashgacha of Levin's Kosher Metropol in Arosa (mehadrin) and of the Starguest programmes in St. Moritz and Engelberg. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | Chassidish community in Zurich; supervises the Cresta Sun kosher hotel in Davos. | Not on the cRc list |
| Switzerland | Chabad in Zurich, Lucerne and Lugano host Shabbos meals at home rather than running restaurants. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Taiwan | The Chabad shliach supervises Taiwan's only kosher kitchen: the Kosher Culinary Lab, Shabbat meals and take-away, and the kosher chicken and beef sold at the centre. Not on the cRc agency list (no Taiwanese agency is): ask your rav. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Taiwan | Supermarkets are not supervised; only imported products carry hechsherim. Check every label. | On the cRc list |
| Tanzania | Supervises the Chabad restaurant, kosher grocery and catering in Dar es Salaam. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Tanzania | Supervises the Chabad House Restaurant, grocery corner and safari meal sets in Arusha. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Tanzania | Supervises the Chabad restaurant and Shabbos meals in Nungwi. No Tanzanian body is on the cRc agency list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Thailand | Thailand's only kashrut authority for restaurants. Chabad houses' own kitchens are mehadrin; independent restaurants hold Rabbi Kantor's certificate. Not on the cRc agency list (no Thai agency is). Also certifies factories as Thai Kashrut Services. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Tunisia | Food in the Djerba Jewish quarters is prepared within the observant community under local rabbis. There is no published list and no certificates on display. Not on the cRc list; ask on site who supervises. | Not on the cRc list |
| Turkey | The country's only local kashrut authority. Its company Denet Gıda certifies Caffe Eden, the community caterers, one bakery (sealed items only), butchers and shops selling its sealed meat, and many export factories. Not on the cRc list: ask your rav. | Not on the cRc list |
| Turkey | Supervises Chabad's own Shabbos meals and mehadrin food, and a mehadrin menu at La Casa Catering. Rabbi Chitrik is rabbi of the Ashkenazi community and also handles export kashrut. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Turkey | Certified the kosher vending machine at Istanbul Airport together with Rabbi Chitrik. | On the cRc list |
| Uganda | Supervises Yochi's Deli (classic and premium), the bakery, the Friday market and the kosher meat, poultry and wine sold at Chabad. Meat is glatt (Beis Yosef), bread pas Yisroel, vegetables checked. Not on the cRc agency list (no Ugandan body is). | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ukraine | Kyiv-based kashrut council on the cRc list (Recommended), headed by Rabbi Pinchas Vishedski at the Kedem centre, Nyzhnii Val 19/21. Mainly certifies food production; ask them which restaurants they currently supervise. Phone +380 99 300 8628. | On the cRc list |
| Ukraine | The Chabad-led community at the Brodsky Synagogue in Kyiv runs its own kosher café, bakery and shop. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ukraine | The Podil synagogue compound hosts the Taki Da grill, which names an on-site kashrut supervisor but not the certifying rabbi; confirm locally. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Ukraine | Supervises the community's restaurants, café and supermarket in and around the Menorah Center. Kashrut department phone +38 097 864 7781. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ukraine | Supervises the kosher places listed by Chabad Odesa: Rozmarin, Brooklyn Pizza and Time Kosher. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ukraine | The Chabad house's own supervision, mehadrin, over the LeMehadrin restaurant. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ukraine | Runs the kosher kitchen and shop in the Choral Synagogue. Not on the cRc list. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Ukraine | Supervises most of Uman's year-round eateries and the Rav Jan meat and poultry sold in Uman and Kyiv. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Ukraine | Mehadrin supervision of the Lev Basar grill in Uman. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Ukraine | Certifies the large free Rosh Hashanah hospitality meals (Azamin) in Uman (Beis Yosef). On the cRc list. | On the cRc list |
| United Arab Emirates | The UAE's kashrut agency, founded by Rabbi Levi Duchman (Chabad of the UAE). Certifies restaurants, hotels, caterers, the kosher supermarket and products; all restaurants on its current list are mehadrin. On the cRc list as 'Emirates Agency for Kosher Certificate (EAKC)' (recommended). | On the cRc list |
| United Arab Emirates | Only on imported cold cuts sold at Chlew Delishop, which is itself under the EAKC. | Not on the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | The largest restaurant hechsher in London. All KLBD meat restaurants are glatt; all dairy restaurants are Chalav Yisrael. | On the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Many Golders Green, Hendon, Edgware and central London restaurants. | On the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | The Federation's stricter mehadrin line (The Kanteen, Shefa Mehadrin). | On the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations; the Charedi hechsher across Stamford Hill and parts of Golders Green. | On the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Most Manchester restaurants and shops: glatt meat, Cholov Yisroel, Pas Yisroel, yoshon. | On the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Charedi hechsher in Broughton Park, Salford. | On the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | The Gateshead Kashrus Authority is on the cRc list; confirm each shop's current certificate in store. | On the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Sephardi community hechsher: glatt meat, Chalav Yisrael dairy, yashan grain. | Not on the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Leeds community kashrut. | Not on the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Glasgow community kashrut (L'Chaim's). | Not on the cRc list |
| United Kingdom | Water Garden Hotel, its restaurant and Chabadeli. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United Kingdom | Shabbat meals at Chabad of Edinburgh. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United Kingdom | Friday-night dinners and food orders. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United Kingdom | Small kosher shop at the Chabad house. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United Kingdom | Shops run by local Orthodox congregations; confirm what is certified on each item. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | The largest US certifier. Certifies many restaurants in New York (meat, dairy, pareve), hotels and most packaged foods nationwide. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Brooklyn-based worldwide certifier. Its restaurant guide posts a current certificate for each place, including levels such as cholov Yisroel, pas Yisroel and Chassidishe shechita. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Baltimore-based national certifier of restaurants, caterers and products. | On the cRc list |
| United States | New Jersey-based national certifier. In New York it covers some butchers and the Citi Field kosher stands. | On the cRc list |
| United States | The community kashrus body for Queens. It also covers Great Neck, West Hempstead and some places in Westchester. Publishes a full list with levels: cholov Yisroel, pas Yisroel, yoshon and Beit Yosef meat. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Local community body for Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Far Rockaway, with a public list of certified places. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Brooklyn community hechsher, common on Flatbush and Midwood restaurants. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Flatbush community rabbinate kashrus. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Chassidish hechsher found across Boro Park, Flatbush, Monsey and the Catskills. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Brooklyn hechsher on many newer Boro Park, Flatbush and Catskills restaurants. | On the cRc list |
| United States | The Beis Din of Crown Heights kashrus agency, the main hechsher on Kingston Avenue. Its summer 5785 list is partial; ask in the shop if unsure. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Satmar-affiliated Chassidish hechsher, common in Williamsburg, Boro Park, Monsey and the Catskills. Not on the cRc acceptable-agencies list (which says absence does not mean it is substandard); not to be confused with the Chicago cRc. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Belz Chassidus kashrus in Boro Park. | On the cRc list |
| United States | The community kashrus body for Riverdale and the Yeshiva University area of Washington Heights. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Local Westchester County kashrus. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Chassidish hechsher, seen in Monsey. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Skver (New Square) beis din kashrus, Rockland County. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Individual rav supervision, seen at Evergreen Kosher Market in Monsey. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Monsey rav whose supervision covers several Monsey restaurants. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Williamsburg rav supervision. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Lower East Side rav supervision. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Manhattan community hechsher run by Rabbi Marmorstein, rav of Congregation Minchas Chinuch. The cRc lists Beth Din Minchas Chinuch, which is taken here to be the same body. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Main certifier in Chicago and a national product agency; it publishes the acceptable-agencies list this guide uses. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Main community certifier in Los Angeles. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Los Angeles certifier of restaurants and products. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Broward and Palm Beach, Florida. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Miami-Dade County community vaad. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Atlanta community kashrus. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Washington DC, Silver Spring and the DC suburbs. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Lakewood, New Jersey. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Teaneck, Englewood and Bergen County, New Jersey. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Passaic and Clifton, New Jersey. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Deal and the Jersey Shore; also certifies some Sephardi places in Brooklyn. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Philadelphia area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Boston and New England. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Detroit area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Cleveland area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | St. Louis area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Dallas area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Houston area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Denver area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Seattle area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Orlando area. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Highland Park, Edison and New Brunswick. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Supervises the Elmora Avenue establishments in Elizabeth (founded under Rabbi E. M. Teitz). Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Orthodox supervision used mainly by vegan restaurants in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Not on the cRc list (not the same body as the cRc-listed Italy Kosher Certification). | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Squirrel Hill’s community vaad; its list gives Cholov Yisroel and Pas Yisroel status. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Supervises a few vegan and vegetarian places in DC and Arlington. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Richmond’s community vaad; certifies only a few dessert shops and products. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Norfolk and Virginia Beach; posts current certificates online, valid through 12/31/26. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Supervises a dairy café in the Virginia Beach area. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United States | Individual hechsher seen on a few Lakewood-area restaurants. | On the cRc list |
| United States | The community certifier for Miami-Dade (Miami Beach, Surfside, Bal Harbour, North Miami Beach, Aventura). Its establishment list states Cholov Yisroel, Pas Yisroel, Yoshon and Bishul Yisroel tuna status per place. Its non-Cholov Yisroel dairy division (Kosher Dairy Miami, KDM) is also on the cRc list. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Chabad-run rabbinate based in Maitland; certifies most of the Orlando restaurants and food trucks, and guides the Cholov Yisroel café at the JCC South Tampa. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Orlando community vaad: certifies the local Krispy Kreme branches (Cholov Stam), a challah bakery and caterers. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Atlanta's community certifier. Its live local list carries every certified restaurant, store and caterer with the current kosher letter, and notes where only some items or departments are certified. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Synagogue supervision of its own takeout/catering in North Tampa. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Local Chabad rabbis supervising a campus food truck, a stadium stand and a Chabad grocery directly. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Local vaad in St. Petersburg; supervises a deli and market. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Rav of the Chassidish community in Wimauma; supervises a local takeout. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | OK’s LA restaurant guide now carries the former Kehilla Kosher establishments (La Brea, Pico, Valley). Many are Chassidishe shechita, Pas Yisroel and Cholov Yisroel, as marked per place. Both OK and Kehilla (Heart K) are on the cRc list. | On the cRc list |
| United States | LA-based agency. Certifies Parisien Gourmandises in La Jolla and Anita gelato in Tarzana. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Denver’s community agency; its list covers restaurants, the deli-market, bakeries and ice cream places. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Bay Area community agency covering SF, Oakland, Palo Alto and San Jose. Posts a letter of certification for each place with its dates. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Portland’s community agency; many certifications cover certain items only, as noted per place. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Phoenix’s community agency, with certificates posted online. Not on the cRc list (that list includes no Arizona agency), which says nothing about its standards. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | San Diego’s community vaad. Not on the cRc list; local Orthodox shuls list its establishments. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Las Vegas’s Chabad-run vaad, under Chabad of Southern Nevada. Not on the cRc list; Chabad’s dining guide lists the restaurants. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | In the national-park towns, Hawaii and Utah, the only kosher food is cooked or supervised by the local Chabad rabbi, who is named on each listing. These are individual supervisions, not agencies on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Private supervision on a few LA restaurants. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Supervises the Burekas Box truck (chalav stam). Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Main certifier in Chicago; its list covers West Rogers Park, Skokie and downtown. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Main certifier in Oak Park and Southfield. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Main certifier in Cincinnati. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Main certifier in St. Louis. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Main certifier in Minneapolis and St. Louis Park. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Wisconsin agency; covers supermarket kosher departments and stores in Milwaukee. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Chabad-run Houston agency; certifies most Houston restaurants. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Chabad-run New Orleans agency; certifies Kosher Cajun and Dvash Catering. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Rhode Island agency; says no restaurant in the state is under reliable certification right now. | On the cRc list |
| United States | Local Chabad rabbi supervising the H-E-B kosher store and Randalls bakery. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United States | Supervises HaPina and Kosher Charlotte on the Chabad campus. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United States | Supervises Nova Market & Café (mehadrin). | Local Chabad supervision |
| United States | Supervises Sam's Corner at the JCC. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United States | Supervises Friendship Café & Bakery. | Local Chabad supervision |
| United States | Local Orthodox vaad; not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Run by Congregation Sherith Israel; not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Orthodox shul rabbi supervising West End Bagels and Shabbos caterers. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Local Orthodox vaad; not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Greater Hartford vaad; not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Orthodox shul rabbi supervising every Café du Monde location. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Local rabbi supervising The Deli on Crown in Mequon. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Certifies Kol Tuv in Chicago; not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| United States | Certifies Blacker's Bake Shop in Newton; not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Uruguay | The Kehilá's kashrut department and Uruguay's official kosher certification. Publishes its certified restaurants and cafés and a searchable product list at kasher.uy, including Mehadrin products, with alerts about products that lost certification. Several of its restaurants are kosher only on set nights. | Not on the cRc list |
| Uruguay | Supervises its own Kos Kafe (dairy, chalav Yisrael, pas Yisrael) in Montevideo and the seasonal kosher section at Shark Club in Punta del Este. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Uzbekistan | Chabad's own mehadrin meat catering and Shabbos meals, delivered across Uzbekistan by advance order. | Local Chabad supervision |
| Uzbekistan | Supervises the Jerusalem kosher restaurant at the Praga Hotel in Tashkent, with the World Congress of Bukharian Jews. The kitchen runs kosher on demand: book ahead. | Not on the cRc list |
| Venezuela | The Sephardi community's kashrut office. Supervises restaurants, cafés, bakeries, butchers and home bakers in Caracas, each with a named mashgiach, and publishes the national kosher product list (latest July 2026). Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Venezuela | The Ashkenazi community also certifies some local products (for example a chalav Yisrael buffalo-milk dairy). No restaurant listed here relies on it. Not on the cRc list. | Not on the cRc list |
| Vietnam | On the cRc list as "Kosher Vietnam", 5A Nguyen Dinh Chieu, Da Kao, District 1, HCMC, Rabbi Menachem M. Hartman. Chabad of Vietnam says all food at the Chabad centres (Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hoi An, Sapa) is under KV supervision. KV also certifies factories and exporters. | On the cRc list |
| Zambia | Chabad House kitchen in Lusaka: Shabbos meals, frozen food and take-out. Packaged goods in its market are imported from South Africa and carry their own hechsherim. | Local Chabad supervision |