<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi Listmates, Someone recently made mention of peanut butter and that prompted me to write this caveat. I feel that accurate labeling is a particularly important subject that people need to be made aware of because so many of us travel (eat abroad) and so many of us buy products imported from other countries. I live in Israel and there are many, many items imported from absolutely everywhere. We actually do have a Gluten Labeling Law in place (not that all local companies abide by it...) but there are particular difficulties to consider when buying products originating in other countries. In Israel what happens is that the importer slaps a label on the jar of, say, peanut butter (which is my mental connection to this subject), being a mere translation of the ingredients that the foreign manufacturer put on his original label. If the country of origin doesn't require specific or accurate labeling, the translation won't reflect that even though the importing country may require it of its own packaged foods. For example, the ingredients in English on the label of ALL GOOD peanut butter will sometimes list malt and sometimes won't. The US manufacturer (or maybe it's Canadian - I don't buy ALL GOOD anymore) changes its ingredients as it deems financially expedient and hopefully lists the truthful ingredients on the label for that lot. However, the Israeli importer doesn't really notice the change but has made up a label in Hebrew that reflects the ingredients on a previous lot of ALL GOOD peanut butter, not noticing that the original manufacturer has made some changes. So the local consumer who doesn't know much English won't even bother looking at the English list (often obscured by the Hebrew label anyway), only relating to the Hebrew list of ingredients. In addition, there is often no phone number for inquiries - local or otherwise. And even if there were, the importer isn't qualified to determine the gluten content of what he has imported. I've seen this happen on cereals imported from France as well and sweets imported from Switzerland and Greece. (I don't know French, German or Greek enough to check.) If anyone has comments on how they deal with this or whatever, please respond. Obviously I could just not buy the product, but in Israel so much of our packaged food is imported. Just something else to be aware of... Thanks, Sharon Marcus Ma'ale Adumim * Please carefully compose your subject lines in all posts *