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The kosher dietary laws determine which foods are "fit" or "proper" for consumption by the Jewish Consumers who observe these laws. The laws are Biblical in origin, coming mainly from the original five books of the Holy Scriptures. Over the years, the details have been interpreted and extended by the rabbis to protect the Jewish people from violating any of the fundamental laws and to address new issues and technologies.

The Kosher Dietary Laws
The kosher dietary laws predominately deal with three issues, all in the animal kingdom:
1. Allowed Animals.
2. Prohibition of Blood.
3. Prohibition of Mixing of Milk and Meat.
However, for the week of Passover, (in late March or early April) restrictions on "chometz," the prohibited grains and the rabbinical extensions of this prohibition leads to a whole new set of regulations focused in this case on the plant kingdom.

The Kosher Market
The kosher market covers almost 100,000 products in the US. In a dollar value about 100 billion dollars’ worth of products have a kosher marking on them. The actual consumers of the food, i.e., those who specifically look for the kosher mark, are estimated to be about 6 to 8 million Americans and they are purchasing almost 3 billion dollars’ worth of kosher product. Only about 1/3 of the kosher consumers are Jewish; other consumers include Muslims, Seventh Day Adventists, vegetarians, people with various types of allergies, particularly dairy, grain, and legume, and general consumers who value the quality of kosher products.