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I pushed my way into speaking with the supervisor.  She told me that Udi's tests all rice products coming in to their plant and rejects anything with arsenic > 100ppb.  That said, they source from the Gulf states, which FDA has said have higher arsenic levels than California (and which other g-f bread and pasta manufacturers avoid sourcing from).  The supervisor did not know why they didn't buy from California, as Glutino, which is owned by the same company that owns Udis, only uses California-sourced rice.  
But at least they have set a limit.


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 From: David Wurtman <[log in to unmask]>
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> 
Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 12:45 PM
Subject: Udi's won't release results of its arsenic testing
 


I have been calling manufacturers of G-F bread to ask about their approach to dealing with arsenic that's in the world's rice supply.  Canyon Bakehouse, for example, told me that they know to source from California (vs the Southeast) where levels are lowest, and gave me the numerical results of their testing. Udi's has a different policy.  I called their customer service (201) 568-9300 and spoke last week with an agent who confirmed she gets lots of questions on this but somehow didn't have the answer at her fingertips.  She offered to research it and get back to me, which she did today (5 days later).  Her message on my voice mail: "we test once a month for arsenic levels."  But she didn't provide the results of the tests.  I called back and spoke with Jackie who said she had to research it and call me back.  An hour later she called and said they test for arsenic but she didn't know the result.  I pushed to get more info and was told there was
 no one else to talk to there.  She offered to have her supervisor call me, but I have not gotten that call.

What is Udi's up to?

Why do they keep the results of their testing to themselves?

Does this concern anyone else besides me?

I encourage you to call Udi's and tell them that they cannot keep information about potentially toxins in their product to themselves.

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