<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I have a friend who runs a Health Food shop and have often seen how various item are repackaged from bulk to smaller units. Although this is done in a clean way (ie low bug risk) the potential for cross contamination with non-GF is very high, as the operation may be done under high pressure while leaping in and out of the shop to serve (and weigh out!) the very varied stock which he sells. My first suspicion would be contamination during repackaging. I would be surprised if health food dried apricots were contaminated at original packaging (only big companies seem to believe that people are incapable of eating stuck together dried fruit). We tend to buy in bulk and have had no CS problems (they do give you the runs if you pig too many as I - the non-coeliac of the team can testify - oink! :-) Regards David David J Walland University of Bristol Radiation Protection Adviser [log in to unmask] Tel +44 (0)117 928 8323 Fax +44 (0)117 929 1209