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The person who wrote in to say

>Let's be reasonable and be cautious in our recommendations.  If celiacs want
>to eat these grains, no organization is going to prevent them from doing it,
>but if 1,000 of the 6,500 celiacs that belong to CSA get a reaction to
>something and report it - I can understand why CSA  cautions other celiacs
>that it may cause a problem.

has written again to say

>Let me clarify - I believe there are 6,500 celiacs as members of CSA/USA,
>iNC., as that was mentioned at the Seattle convention last year that I
>attended.

>It is my feeling that a certain percentage of those celiacs react unfavorably
>to different things.  I am in a support group in New Haven and can see for
>myself the wide divertisty in how celiacs react and the different things they
>reac to.

>I have no basis for stating that 1,000 out of 6,500 might react to something.
>6,500 celiacs react to something - it is worth the national organizations
>putting a "red flag" on that item as a caution to others.