<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> The answers about rinsing rice semeed to be a matter of personal choice and ranged from, "I ALWAYS rinse rice before cooking", to "Never rinse, and my rice tastes great". Reasons given for rinsing included, "whether it is starch or dust, it cleans the rice and each grain is separate when cooked". No comments at all were made about the possible cross-contamination with wheat from shared processing equipment. * Visit the Celiac Web Page at www.enabling.org/ia/celiac/index.html *