Nobody questions the need for kashrus supervision.  We understand the necessity of supervising a field with complex halachos where it is so easy for mistakes to occur.  

Yet the field of STa”M, which is similarly complex and prone to error, operates without any supervision whatsoever.  The vast majority of Jews are using STa”M written by sofrim whom they have never met, who work independently with no organized oversight system of accountability.  This has created a worldwide situation where STa”M products are sent to market without any reliable way of knowing whether or not they are kosher.

In response to this untenable state of affairs, a group of prominent rabbanim and sofrim came together and decided:  It’s time to change this situation.