Editing Quinoa (section)

===Kosher certification===
Quinoa is used in the Jewish community as a substitute for the [[Chametz|leavened grains]] that are forbidden during the [[Passover]] holiday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=04. Prohibited Species – Peninei Halakha |url=https://ph.yhb.org.il/en/04-09-04/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> Several [[kosher]] certification organizations refuse to certify it as being kosher for Passover, citing reasons including its resemblance to prohibited grains or fear of cross-contamination of the product from nearby fields of prohibited grain or during packaging.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/03/25/jews-divided-by-great-passover-debate-is-quinoa-kosher/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411105834/http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/03/25/jews-divided-by-great-passover-debate-is-quinoa-kosher/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |title=Jews divided by great Passover debate: Is quinoa kosher? |author=Hopper, Tristin |date=March 25, 2013 |work=[[National Post]] |access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref> However, in December 2013 the [[Orthodox Union]], the world's largest [[kosher certification agency]], announced it would begin certifying quinoa as kosher for Passover.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.forward.com/the-jew-and-the-carrot/189844/quinoa-ruled-kosher-for-passover/ |author=Nemes, Hody |date=December 23, 2013 |title=Quinoa Ruled Kosher for Passover |publisher=Forward |access-date=2014-02-07 |archive-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326000801/http://blogs.forward.com/the-jew-and-the-carrot/189844/quinoa-ruled-kosher-for-passover/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>