Star-K Kosher Certification,[1] also known as the Vaad Hakashrut of Baltimore (Hebrew: ועד הכשרות דבאלטימאר), is a kosher certification agency based in Baltimore, Maryland,[2] under the administration of Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, with the involvement of many other rabbis.

[3] It is one of the largest[4] Jewish dietary certification agencies in North America.

[5] It is trusted by many Orthodox Jews worldwide for dedication to preserving Kashrut.

Like those marked with the OU's OU-Kitniyot label,[12] these products are permitted to Sephardi but not to Ashkenazi Jews on Passover.

[13] The organization, led then as now by Rabbi Heinemann,[14] was previously named Vaad Hakashrus.