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I just called Bausch & Lomb to see if their Ocuvite vitamins have gluten. 
The first person said that they don't put any gluten ingredients in their 
vitamins but they can't guarantee them to be GF because gluten could be 
introduced during manufacturing.  That person then said that I should talk 
to their medical people about this issue.  A young woman came on the line to 
say that the vitamins don't contain wheat gluten but could contain rye or 
barley--they couldn't say for sure and therefore don't call their products 
gluten free.  I asked whether she could say if my particular lot of vitamins 
contained rye or barley and our conversation went downhill from there. 
Obviously they don't want to have anything to do with taking responsibility 
for making an affirmative statement about what their products contain. 
Frankly, I have a hard time with this since they are a drug manufacturer. 
Food companies can do it so why couldn't a drug manufacturer?  Now I have 
240 Ocuvite tablets that I have to return.  By the way, they also 
manufacture Preservision (which I have taken without incident).  In case 
anyone agrees with me and wants to call and give them a piece of their mind, 
their number is 1-800-323-0000.

Lynne 

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