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Below the response from Smithfield:

ALLERGY INQUIRIES:

Most of Smf products are gluten-free. Hams, Sausages, Bacon, Picnics,
Loins-with the exception of honey, bbq marinated items and the HEB
Private Label Honey Glazed Hams. 

Products which do contain gluten.  

	Honey Barbecue Flavored Products
	Precooked Beef Patties, Cheeseburger Patties, and Bacon
Cheeseburger Patties
	Precooked Entrees (Beef, Pork and Chicken)	
	Stuffed Pork Chops
	Lykes Brand Red Hot (Sausage Product)
 
	******	All of our spiral sliced hams and glazed hams (both
honey glaze and 
		Brown sugar glaze) are gluten-free. *EXCEPT for HEB
Private Label Glaze.
	******	There is no gluten in the casing used on our hams or on
any of 
		Our other products.
	******	Natural Flavorings consist of Rosemary - no gluten.
	******	Our pork broth consists of dehydrated, powdered pork
stock with              
                        Water, salt, sodium phosphate, potassium
lactate, and natural 
                        Flavorings (Rosemary).
 
Gluten if presented will be identified as wheat, rye, oats or barley.

MSG must be listed as Monosodium Glutamate on the ingredient statement.
Sausages do have whey protein and casinate derived from milk.
"Spices" contain no known allergens.
NO peanuts/tree nuts/NO Casein-which is milk, eggs, dairy/NO Soy/NO
Shellfish
NO Chance of Cross Contamination because all lines are sanitized between
products.

Potassium Lactate-salt preservative derived from corn-no Casein (milk,
eggs, dairy)
Sodium Lactate is a salt lactic acid to reduce staling/as a moisturizer
in hot dogs.
Sodium Diacetate is a lactic acid to neutralize salts, purifier-derived
from beet and cane sugar.
Sodium Phosphate is a salt acid preservative
Modified Food Starch is derived from corn.
Carbon Monoxide is not used as a processing aid.
Sodium NitrAte is a type of salt preservative
Sodium NitrIte is chemical preservative used as color fixative and to
prevent bacteria growth
Dextrose is a sugar refined from corn starch
Maltodextrin is corn based.
Fibrin is a natural glue in beef tenderloins that hold the meat
together.
Sodium Erythorbate is a preservative and keeps the color in processed
meats.
                     *And NO it is not made from Earthworms. Made from
beet and cane sugar.
Fully Cooked: Hot dogs and Smoked Sausages and Spiral Hams
                *Some Country and Smoked are but WILL STATE FULLY
COOKED-otherwise is not
Tyramine (anything smoked, salted, aged)and Tyrosine (anything w/ soy)-
               Both are naturally occurring amino acids
BHA & BHT are anti-oxidants used in lard to keep it from going rancid
and protects flavor.
Lard is NOT hyrdronized   No Leaf Lard

Antibiotics-Smf products are free of any antibiotic residue.
No growth hormones are approved by FDA therefore, we do not use them.
*Dennis Treacy
FEED- grain combinations used *Jerry Hostetter (or animal treatment)

Gluten in GW products whey(dairy) is in Spiced Luncheon Loafs, Cheese
added products
Casein(dairy) in GW products-whey(dairy) is in the olive loafs ( non-fat
powdered milk)
Soy in GW products- hydrolyzed soy protein is in the salami

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