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But kosher Northwestern Highway he said he would have been will- bakery a few times and talking to ing to comply with the Council's \ its owners, the Council of Ortho- conditions. dox Rabbis of Greater Detroit de- "I offered to clean my equip- cided to deny certification. ment on the premises rather than "It's not going to happen," said sending it out," he said. Also, "we Rabbi Joseph Krupnik of the never bring donuts from the oth- Council. er store. We make everything There were a few problems, not here." the least of which was confusion Mr. Patel produced from his of- about ownership, he said. After fice desk certificates of kosher for speaking with Bob Patel a num- his flavored and regular coffees ber of times, Rabbi Krupnik and said for some reason, Rabbi learned that Mr. Patel's brother Krupnik didn't accept them. Still, Bidi Patel is the actual owner of he would be willing to take them Dunkin' Donuts, while Bob Patel off the menu if it meant Council holds the title of president. certification and supervision. "Last week, we sent one of our Mr. Patel figures he's losing supervisors to check on one last about $2,000 weekly in kosher element, the brother was there, business. and we found out we had not been He said he won't apply for cer- speaking to the right person the tification from Kof-K, a New Jer- whole time," he said. sey agency that was working with And that raised another seri- him before he sought the Coun- ous concern: Since Bidi Patel cil's certification. Early last owns another Dunkin' Donuts month, Mr. Patel hung a banner store in Clinton Township, the proclaiming his food was certified brothers might be tempted to im- kosher and a purported certifi- port donuts if the Southfield shop cate of Kof-K compliance. How- c-- \ / runs low. ever, the certificate was actually "The possibility of interchange the first page of a contract and is too great," Rabbi Krupnik said. Kof-K hadn't yet completed cer- He recalled the case of two tification. Chicago chicken factories, one of The Patels, natives of India, them kosher, that were owned by opened Dunkin' Donuts in De- the same person. A "great scan- cember and began seeking kosher dal" ensued when non-kosher certification. The shop had been chickens ended up in the kosher operated as a kosher facility by factory and vice-versa. its previous owner for some 10 "Watching from the sidelines, years. we learned our lesson: There's an As of late last week, Bob Patel inherent danger in a company's was under the impression that using both (kosher and non- the Council was willing to rethink kosher) when there are inter- its position. locking companies. It's not an Rabbi Krupnik said it won't impossible situation, but it's much happen. After informing Mr. Pa- more worrisome, and it would ne- tel on March 22 of the Council's cessitate much more supervision," decision, Mr. Patel called some- the rabbi said. body else at the Council asking if Bidi Patel also told him that he the case was truly closed. must sell flavored coffees per the "But we found too large a gap rules of the central office, even if between what was the situation they aren't kosher, Rabbi Krup- and what is the situation," Rab- nik said. bi Krupnik said. "My discussion In a large store like Farmer with him was, We'l e sorry. It Jack where kosher meats are sold won't work out.' There's been no alongside non-kosher meats, there further discussion since then" He is constant Council supervision, added that Mr. Patel may have whereas the Dunkin' Donuts sincerely misunderstood his Eng- would have been subject only to lish. spot checks, the rabbi continued. The Council, in the meantime, The Patels' confusion over what has been besieged with phone constitutes kosher sealed the calls from the public. Council's determination. Rabbi "People are disappointed," Krupnik said the brothers Rabbi Krupnik said. "We are thought that simply washing more than looking to find some- equipment in hot water would do one who's willing (to open a the trick. kosher donut shop)." O