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Traceability and ‘cumin-gate’

21/02/2015 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Issues of traceability loomed large a couple of weeks ago at the judging for the FreeFrom Food Awards. Whatever about manufacturing in a dedicated nut/dairy/gluten-free factory, does a 'freefrom' manufacture also need to know (and declare) the contamination risks that might …

Category: Allergies, Big Business, Environmental Issues, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Awards, Peanut allergyTag: almond shells, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, contamination risks, cumin a danger to almond allergics, cumin a danger to peanut allergic people, Cumin contaminated with almond, cumin contaminated with peanut in the US, cumin contamination scandal, cumin from gujarat, cumin now 2800 rupees for 20 kg, Fair Trade Foundation, Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Agency sampling programme, FreeFrom Food Awards, high price of cumin, labelling issues, may contain labeling, paprika contaminated with almond, peanut shells, Reily Foods

New codex standard for gluten-free food – and the dreaded ‘may contain’…

13/01/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  5 Comments

On January 1st the new regulations governing the use of the term 'gluten-free' came into force. As of Jan.1, to be able to call itself 'gluten-free' a food must contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten, to call itself  'very low gluten'  it must contain less than …

Category: Allergies, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-freeTag: 100ppm gluten, 20ppm gluten, Alex Gazzola, coeliacs, CoeliacsMatter, Dairy-free, Food Standards Agency, gluten contamination, Gluten free, gluten-free diets, gluten-free foods, Green & Black's, law of unintended consequences, lentils, manufacturers of gluten-free products, may contain labeling, milk-free chocolate, Prof Carlo Catassi, Prof Paul Ciclitira, traffic light system, very low gluten

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