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23 Feb 2020

Dietitians: Please join Dietitians in Gluten and Gastrointestinal Disorders (DIGID) and send a letter to FDA voicing your displeasure about the lack of enforcement of the gluten-free labeling rule

To my fellow dietitians, Gluten Free Watchdog recently launched a letter writing campaign to Food and Drug Administration personnel regarding the lack of enforcement of the gluten-free labeling rule. If you work with consumers with celiac disease or non-celiac wheat sensitivity, please make your voice heard by joining DIGID and sending emails and/or letters to the individuals included in the contact list below. The text of the letter sent by DIGID is also pasted below. Please write...
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17 Feb 2020

Enough is Enough with Gluten-Free Misbranding: Contact FDA Today

Please email and mail ALL of the Health and Human Services and Food and Drug Administration personnel listed below. This list includes Alex Azar, Stephan Hahn, Susan Mayne, and Robin McKinnon. Make your voices heard! The letter I'm sending on behalf of the Gluten Free Watchdog community is in the photo and also pasted below. Please feel free to use any or all of the information in your own letter. Contact information for HHS and FDA personnel Mr. Alex M. Azar...
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17 Feb 2020

Sticky Fingers Bakeries: Enriched Wheat Flour isn’t an ingredient “processed to remove gluten”

To manufacturers of gluten-free foods (in particular Sticky Fingers Bakeries because yes, this is a label from a Sticky Fingers Bakeries' product): 1. The FDA has a codified gluten-free labeling rule. Read it at https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=101.91 2. In the codified rule, wheat flour is considered “An ingredient that is derived from a gluten-containing grain and that has not been processed to remove gluten.” 3. In the codified rule, wheat starch is considered an ingredient “that has been processed to remove gluten.” 4.  This rule includes the...
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21 Jan 2020

ANY Enforcement Action FDA??

ALL FOUR PRODUCTS ARE LABELED GLUTEN-FREE ALL FOUR PRODUCTS APPEAR TO BE IN VIOLATION OF FALCPA THREE CONTAIN WHEAT FLOUR ONE CONTAINS BARLEY PRODUCT 1: Update: Recalled! THE WRONG OUTER PACKAGING WAS USED; CHOWDER CONTAINS WHEAT FLOUR; WHEAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INGREDIENTS LIST OR CONTAINS STATEMENT PRODUCT 2: Update: Recalled! PACKAGING CONTAINS WHEAT PASTA; LABELED “GLUTEN-FREE (WITHOUT PASTA)”; WHEAT ISN'T DECLARED IN THE INGREDIENTS LIST OR SEPARATE CONTAINS STATEMENT (LISTED AS DURUM SEMOLINA FLOUR) PRODUCT 3: WHEAT FLOUR IS INCLUDED IN THE INGREDIENTS...
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