How do the FDAs Public Meetings and eventual rulings on Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods affect or differ from the GFCO program?
As a global program, the GFCO uses the highest standards for gluten-free ingredients and a safe processing environment based on a continual review of the current scientific and testing methodologies, existing global standards such as Codex, WHO, and Canada, balanced by reasonable application by the manufacturer. The FDA is mandated by law to draft and implement a proposed definition for ‘gluten-free’ and how it will be used on a food labels in the U.S. by 2008. GFCO monitors and participates in the FDA meetings as observers and invited guests when appropriate. This allows us to keep abreast of the FDA’s work. GFCO gluten-free standards will meet or exceed the FDA final rulings. More details are available at the FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition web site: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-alrgy.
As a global program, the GFCO uses the highest standards for gluten-free ingredients and a safe processing environment based on a continual review of the current scientific and testing methodologies, existing global standards such as Codex, WHO, and Canada, balanced by reasonable application by the manufacturer. The FDA is mandated by law to draft and implement a proposed definition for ‘gluten-free’ and how it will be used on a food labels in the U.S. by 2008. GFCO monitors and participates in the FDA meetings as observers and invited guests when appropriate. This allows us to keep abreast of the FDA’s work. GFCO gluten-free standards will meet or exceed the FDA final rulings.
