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Hi, all --

After the ad in the beginning of March about the GF "clean room" being up
and running at Bob's Red Mill, I started looking for the products in the
stores and realized that I didn't know how they might be packaged or labeled
so I contacted the company.  Pertinent information, shared with the
permission of Kelly Jackson at Bob's Red Mill, regarding the GF products
follows:

on 3/22/01 2:21 PM, Kelly Jackson at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Your question was forwarded to me regarding our gluten free products.  I
> would first like to apologize for the confusion surrounding this issue.  To
> date the products labeled gluten-free in our mail order catalog are being
> milled in our gluten-free area and being tested in accordance with the
> Codex Alimentarius Commission(Food and Agriculture Organization of the
> United Nations, World Health Organization).
>
> We are in the process of creating new labels for all the gluten-free
> products so the consumer will be confident that when they buy a product, it
> is indeed gluten free.  Because the milling of gluten-free products is
> relatively new, some supply in stores may not meet gluten-free labeling
> standards.  Until it is labeled gluten-free on the package, I would not
> consider it as such.  All the gluten-free products are currently available
> through mail order.
>
> Please contact me with any further questions or concerns.
>
> Kelly Jackson
> Customer Service Representative
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 2:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AD: Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods' New Gluten Free Line
>
>
> This is great news, but how do we distinguish these newer products from the
> products that may have been packaged under the old conditions?  Or are the
> brown rice flour and xanthan gum not part of this new WF/GF line?
>

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Isn't it wonderful when a company responds in such a fashion to our needs?
I'm looking forward to trying some of these products although I may wait
until they are available locally in the stores.

Jane (in OH)