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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>
Dear Listmembers:
After the postings of yesterday, I was in the grocery store and read the
label on the Activia yogurt. I didn't see anything that looked like gluten.
I didn't read the label of all the flavors, however. Then after this
morning's posting with the Dannon contact info, I went to the site intending
to write an angry email like everyone else. But first I looked at the
Dannon FAQ: http://www.dannon.com/pdf/yogurtIngredients.pdf which says,
if I'm reading it correctly, that they will assure us that the plain yogurt
flavors, including Activia, are safe in regards to gluten because they
actually test tehm for gluten in that yogurt. All other yogurts they don't
test and can't assure us that they are safe. They might be safe because
they don't contain gluten ingredients but they won't be held liable if it
turns out that something in the non-plain yogurts contains gluten.
I think many companies are afraid of saying their products are gluten free
unless they are 100% certain because of the legal liability if someone gets
sick. Many companies use flavoring products that they buy from other
companies and they aren't willing to take on liability when they don't have
control over those products from third parties. Dannon probably has enough
control over the plain yogurt and tests it to be sure it is gluten free, but
not the flavored yogurt. Another thing to think of is the problem with what
actually constitutes "gluten free"? Is it 20 parts per million? Is it 5
parts per million? There's no legal standard yet and companies don't feel
like taking on that battle in court. So when companies tell us that they
won't say for sure whether something is gluten free, companies are thinking
about their legal liability. The product might actually BE gluten free but
they don't want the expense of trying to defend that statement in court if
someone says their products made them sick.
I would be curious which Activia product people are getting sick on and try
to determine which of the ingredients is making them sick. One thing that
GF people say is certain ingredients are ok if they come from the U.S. Is
everyone aware that many, many things, including food ingredients, now come
from China? If you really want a scare, Google "vitamins China" and see
what you turn up.
Lynne
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