Bloomberg: US Tariff Regime Spurs Supply Chain Concern Over Kosher Food

September 3, 2026

A tariff investigation in President Donald Trump’s administration has spurred an unlikely critic: one of the largest Orthodox Jewish groups in the US.

The Orthodox Union, which calls itself the biggest kosher certification agency in the world, voiced concern in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that tariffs on vegetable-based fatty acids would threaten the supply chain for kosher foods. Fatty acids from palm and other vegetable oils are used in a range of products including margarine, mayonnaise and other processed foods.

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