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Can one rely upon a non-Jew to determine if a non-Kosher food product is cherif (sharp)?

One can rely on te’emas k’failah to determine if non-kosher food is charif. Although Rema Y.D. 98:1 rules that we generally do not rely on te’emas k’failah, in this case we would agree with the Shulchan Aruch who would permit it.