Taking Challah from Store-Bought Premade Pizza Dough

I sometimes buy several bags of pizza dough from the supermarket, and bake them together. Do I need to take challah?

Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh De’ah 330:1) writes that the dough of a non-Jew is exempt from the mitzvah of hafrashas challah. This is true, even if the dough is later given to a Jew who bakes it into bread. If the dough was made by a Jewish owned company that is certified by the OU, you can be assured that the OU arranged for challah to be taken.

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