Does dried milk require kosherized equipment?

Dried milk must be produced using kosherized equipment to ensure that it meets kosher dietary laws. Kosherization is a process that cleans and purifies equipment to make it suitable for producing kosher products. This is essential because any equipment that has been used to process non-kosher ingredients can contaminate the kosher items with which it comes into contact.

Even if dried milk does not incorporate any non-kosher ingredients, the equipment used for processing may still retain traces of previous non-kosher substances. Therefore, to ensure the integrity and compliance with kosher standards, the production of dried milk necessitates the use of kosherized equipment, regardless of what other products may have been processed on that equipment in the past.

The other options do not adequately account for the importance of ensuring all aspects of production are aligned with kosher standards, emphasizing the need for strict adherence to kosher practices in all phases, including equipment preparation.