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'''Bitul''' or '''batel''' (''nullification'' or ''of no significance'') is a concept in [[kashrut]] that stipulates that food is still considered kosher if a small amount of forbidden food is mixed with a permitted food, such as a drop of milk in a meat dish. ''Bitul b'shishim'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: בטל בשישים) is the concept that a dish is kosher if the prohibited food is less than one-sixtieth of the entire dish. ''Bitul barov'' is the concept that a dish is kosher if less than one-half of the meal contains prohibited food.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/611/when-its-null-and-void-understanding-batel-bshishim-one-sixtieth/ |title=When it's Null and Void: Understanding Batel Bshishim (One-Sixtieth) |publisher=[[Star-K]] |accessdate=2022-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.practicalhalacha.com/kosher-kashrut/kashrut-concepts/food-nullification/food-nullification-foods/introduction-to-food-nullification-foods/ |title=Introduction to Food Nullification: Foods |publisher=Practical Halacha |accessdate=2022-09-14}}</ref>
[[Orthodox Union Kosher]] does not allow for bitul containing non-kosher foods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oukosher.org/blog/kosher-professionals/bitul/ |title=Bitul |publisher=[[Orthodox Union]] |accessdate=2024-01-25}}</ref> Products containing more than one-sixtieth fish, for example [[Worcestershire sauce]]s containing [[Anchovy|anchovies]] or marshmallows containing [[fish gelatin]], are certified by the [[Orthodox Union Kosher|Orthodox Union]] as "OU Fish". However, products containing less than one-sixtieth fish are not required to be labelled with the OU Fish [[hechsher]] as long as the fish ingredient is listed on the package. Dairy products containing fish that is not batel b'shishim are listed as OU Dairy Fish, to accommodate [[Sephardi Jews]] who do not mix fish and dairy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-kosher/fish-and-meat/ |title=Fish and Meat |publisher=[[Orthodox Union]] |accessdate=2022-09-21}}</ref>
Cheese made with rennet from an [[Kosher animals|animal]] who has not been [[Shechita|ritually slaughtered]] is not kosher, due to the presence of non-kosher meat. Many hard cheeses contain less than one-sixtieth animal rennet, but non-kosher animal rennet is not bitul because the rennet is considered ''dovor ha-ma’amid'' (a material that gives a product its form).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oukosher.org/blog/consumer-kosher/kosher-cheese/ |title=Kosher Cheese |publisher=[[Orthodox Union]] |accessdate=2021-11-15}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Halakha]]
*[[Kashrut]]
*[[Milk and meat in Jewish law]]
*[[Treyf]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Nullification Nullification] on Halachipedia
*[https://jel.jewish-languages.org/words/2082 Batel B'shishim] on Jewish English Lexicon
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