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Hi all, 
 
l wanted you to see the e-mail chain with Blue Buffalo Dog Food Company that I and my sister-in-law have been having.  Their dog food says Gluten Free on the label, but contains 
Barley, Oats and Rye!  What a gobbledy-gook response from the company rep!
 
Amy in Milw. 
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Courtenay,
 
My sister-in-law, Lisa, forwarded your response to me, as we are the relatives that they are staying with currently.  We have two sons with Celiac Disease and it is very important that our household be kept gluten free.  I will be posting your response to the Celiac Listserve, so any other people that have celiac disease in their household can also know that your products are falsely labeled.  I am not sure how it works for dog food, but I know that under current FALCPA rulings, food products must be clearly and correctly labeled.  Again, please consider relabeling your products that contain gluten.
 
Thank you,
 
Amy Roberts 

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Subject: RE: Product Complaint
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 10:51:58 -0400
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Dear Lisa,
Thank you for your interest in BLUE.  All grains have a gluten component of the whole grain.  When we say gluten free, we mean that we don’t buy or formulate with only the concentrated gluten fraction of the grain, e.g. concentrated rice gluten is made only from the hydrolyzed portions of the whole grain rice, producing a concentrated gluten ingredient that can be used as a protein supplement, replacing meat protein. The amount of “gluten” in whole grain contributes a minimal amount of protein to the whole diet.  Nevertheless, the gluten is a protein part of the grain that constitutes the germinal or reproductive part of the kernel.  Geneticists have experimented with producing a gluten-free grain, but it is not been commercially practical.  
  
Please feel free to contact me with any further questions. 
  

Best Regards,
  
Courtenay 
  
The Blue Buffalo Company 
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:47 PM
To: Info
Subject: Product Complaint 
  
Name: Lisa Roberts
Email Subject: Product Complaint
Message: I'm writing to let you know that on your chicken and brown rice bag, you have labled it GLUTEN FREE, however, in your ingredients you list barley, oats and rye. I am staying with family and have my dogs along with us. Both of my nephews in the household have celiac disease. I bought the bag of Blue Buffalo because of the GLUTEN FREE lable, however, in studying the ingredients later with my sister in law, we noticed you have those other three ingredients that my nephews are highly sensitive to. Gluten is not only in wheat. Someone who has celiac or has a child with celiac could purchase this food and if it is handled by that person, could make them very sick. Please reconsider your labeling. Thanks! Lisa Roberts 

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