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> 1. Where does a person get these recipes?

   Toni Richardson is a member of our local support group.  I'm afraid
the only way to get her recipes is through our newsletter, or by
attending our meetings.  I believe she has occasionally submitted them to
the CSA/USA Lifeline publication, as well.  If the newsletter is
well-received on this forum, then I'll continue to post it, and you can
get some recipes from it.

> Does this mean that in the US whenever food is labelled starch it refers to
> cornstarch?  In Canada it is labelled cornstarch, starch or food starch, the
> latter two being the ones to avoid since it it unknown what the starch is
> made from.

   My understanding of the labeling laws is this:  For FOODS, the term
"starch", when used by itself, always means corn starch.  "Modified food
starch" and "food starch-modified" could come from any source.  So if the
ingredients of a FOOD product list plain "starch", it should be okay for
celiacs (assuming the other ingredients are also gluten-free).

   For medications, this rule apparently does not apply.  So in a
medication, "starch" could come from sources other than corn.

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