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Do you mean which stamp should you buy to mark food produced by you as kosher, or which kosher stamp should you look out for on food bought by you?
If it's the first then it's not as easy as that, I'm afraid. Kashrut - the laws that decide which foods are kosher and which are treif (non-kosher) form a large and important section of the 613 Mitzvot which, in turn, form a large and very important part of Judaism. As such, the kosher labelling system, known as hechsher, is very closely guarded and controlled. To be able to declare your product kosher you will need to contact one of the rabbinic agencies responsible for the hechsher stamps, such as Orthodox Union in the USA who use the well known encircled U which is one of the most recognised indications that a product is kosher. The agency will have the premises where the food is produced, along with the ingredients and method used, closely scrutinined by a mashgichim (supervisor) who is an expert on kashrut to ensure that the food is in fact kosher - this will incur a cost, needless to say. Only then will you be given permission to use the agency's stamp - agencies can, will and do take legal action against producers who use their stamps without permission. Kashrus magazine (www.kashrus.com) publishes an annual list of hechsher agencies in the USA and abroad which is available on their website.
If you are asking which stamp to look out for, most of them are reliable outside Israel. In the USA, the encircled U of the Othodox Union and the Star-K mark of Vaad Hakashrut of Baltimore are the best known and both are beyond reproach. Both are also common in the UK, but others such as Badatz Igun Rabbonim are also common. In Australasia, Kosher Australia is by far the largest kashrut organisation. Kashrut magazine has a list of over 900 agencies worldwide, so they'll be able to supply you with information for the country in which you live.
Note that Israel suffers more than most nations with fraudulent kosher labels. Because of the high Jewish population, some companies have been set up which sell the rights to use hechsher stamps with little or no inspection of the production and/or ingredients used in making the food. Israel's Chief Rabbinate stresses that they take no responsibility for unauthorised hechsher agencies and cannot guarantee that products certified by them are kosher.
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