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Hello List,

I just recieved a product that I ordered from an online (reputable) gluten free retailer.  The item is a clear container of pizelles that have a neon green "gluten free" sticker on the front of the clear container.  If you flip the container over, there a statement below the ingredient listing that says "Manufactured by a facility that also processes wheat flour."

Now doesn't this sound like an oxymoron?

I have never seen a product that is clearly labeled as "gluten free" have such a statement on it.
Any thoughts?  Doesn't that seem like making a claim that an item is peanut free and then putting a statement in small letters on the back of the product that the product was manufactured in a facility that processes nuts? I just find this to be bizarre.  I'm not interested in requesting a refund or anything like that.... I guess I wondering if any of you would purchase such a product if you knew this about the product labeling?  In my opinion, it's different if you buy a product that "appears" to be gluten free according to the ingredient listing, doesn't have a specific "gluten free" label or sticker on it, and THEN read such a statement.... but to have it clearly labeled as gluten-free and then read such a statement seems a bit misleading.

Melonie


~Melonie (R.O.C.K. leader for NoVa/Metro DC Chapter)  & Owner of SillyYaks (www.groups.yahoo.com/group/SillyYaks)
"Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson





















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