<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The responses to my post about my concerns of Pamela's GF cookies elicited very strong opinions. I thank you all for sharing your experiences and thoughts. This is a sampling: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I feel you have done a disservice to Pamela's in regard to your post. I am sure they are going through enough telephone calls, emails, etc., with the original post and the recall that they did. I appreciate Pamela's posted response and was in hopes that it would eliminate any further posts. Your post could help to destroy a company financially and respected that has done so much to help the Celiac Community. First, you need to understand the testing processes used in Canada versus the United States. I personally know of another US Gluten Free company that the Canadian government condemned. It took them several years to recoup from the damage financially and to gain back the respect of the Celiac Community. I feel there was no need for your post. It is your choice to avoid Pamela's products, but what did you gain by making the post? Possibly financial ruin and loss of respect for a company that is striving to satisfy the Canadian government. ............................................................................ .... I was very upset about Pamela's because besides the gluten, Pamela's products had undeclared peanuts in the product. It is my feeling that a company that claims to service people with special food requirements would be more careful in labeling. I don't think I would touch their product for my family since we have multiple allergies as well as CD. I expect that people who are advertising special foods, would be careful to list all possible ingredients, i.e., this product may contain peanuts. The last package of the product I saw did not have that correction. I wonder, when the FAN signals that there is a discrepancy in the label or claim, that when the company gets caught that it has a choice: ignore it and lose customers or recall it. I wonder if they would do so if they had not been caught? ............................................................................ .... i just wanted to say that i think they make all their cookies on the same line. they also make gluten cookies like oatmeal etc. i have seen them in the stores next to the gf ones. i have never been able to eat the "gf" labeled pamela's without getting sick. i realize i get sick at the tiniest of contamination, but to me i believe nothing should be labeled gluten free unless it is actually made on dedicated lines etc. there are some companies who do this. we went to a whole foods diet in our house because most companies do share lines and just "clean the lines" inbetween products. this scares me. i am glad i do not have anaphalactic shock like someone with peanut allergies! I was always sick until i cut anything processed out. of course there are some exceptions, but when it came to the gf food list, most got me sick! especially kraft brands etc. good luck finding out answers. ............................................................................ .... If you think "a totally gluten-free diet is achievable" then you simply don't understand the realities of chemistry and physics, not to mention manufacturing. Small quantities of gluten are in the air you breathe, water you drink, and soil you walk on. The issue is not whether there is gluten in any given food, but how much. Just as there is mercury in all water, as mentioned in this morning's news regarding fish in New Hampshire, as well as arsenic, as was discussed extensively in the news several months ago. In all these cases the issue is not whether, but how much. It may just be that the wind was right to blow some stray flour dust from a bakery miles away into Pamela's plant. There is no way to prevent such an incident, and it is mere coincidence that the Canadians happened to test a particular batch and find the problem. It can happen with any food. Adding to the atmosphere of fanaticism on this list by talking about "totally gluten-free" diets serves no one.