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Hi
In response to recent postings regarding the legislation.
 
Just protect the term glutenfree. Everybody and every company that wants to
use the term as part of there label or in any other written or other
company advertissments should meet these requirements. If they do not, they
can not use it. It is really not that complicated and hard to do. And it
will protect the consumer and the real glutenfree manufacturers from false
advertissment of other companies. Those regulations are already in place
for labels containing fat free or low fat. Companies using those terms have
to follow the regulations.
Small companies that are 100% glutenfree will have no problem producing the
appropiate labels as that is all they do anyways.
 
The basis of the legislation will be not if a product might be used by some
people with out any celiac symptoms, but if the product itself is
glutenfree.
 
If products will contain wheatstarch for example the companie cannot use
the term glutenfree but should use a term like "Low in Gluten" or "Reduced
Gluten Content".
 
People that are ok with those ingredients than can consume those with
knowing that they are consuming minor glutens.
Others that can not tolerate "minor" gluten will happily stay away from it.
 
Quite easy indeed.
 
Ted Wolff