Celiac.com 08/05/2013 - People with celiac disease can now have confidence in the meaning of a "gluten-free" label on foods.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that defines what characteristics a food has to have to bear a label that proclaims it "gluten- free." The rule also holds foods labeled "without gluten," "free of gluten," and "no gluten" to the same standard.
This rule has been eagerly awaited by advocates for people with celiac disease, who face potentially life-threatening illnesses if they eat the gluten found in breads, cakes, cereals, pastas and many other foods.
As one of the criteria for using the claim "gluten-free," FDA is setting a gluten limit of less than 20 ppm (parts per million) in foods that carry this label. This is the lowest...

Celiac.com 08/21/2014 - It’s official! Since August 5th, 2014, all packaged foods sold in the U.S must comply with new federal rules for labeling foods as "gluten-free." That means that all packaged food claiming to be "gluten-free" must contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten.
The FDA finalized the rule in August 2013, and gave food manufacturers one year to comply. The rule went into full effect on August 5, 2014. The new standard applies equally to all products labelled “gluten free,” “no gluten,” “without gluten,” and “free of gluten.”
Until this rule went into effect, many food and product manufacturers were applying the term ‘gluten-free’ in myriad ways, some questionable. Moreover, consumers needing gluten-free food for medical reasons had no good way to know i...

Celiac.com 07/10/2017 - For anyone with celiac disease or gluten intolerance who was wondering how well food manufacturers are complying with FDA standard for gluten-free labeling, or wondering exactly how gluten-free is my gluten-free food, some early answers are in, and the news looks good.
A recent report by the agency indicates that the vast majority of food manufacturers are getting it right, and, correcting where they do get it wrong.
The FDA's final rule for compliance in gluten-free labeling was August 5, 2014. To gauge compliance in gluten-free food labeling, the agency conducted a sampling assignment of products labeled "gluten free" from July 2015 to August 2016.
The compliance testing is an important part of the FDA's mission to ensure that products labeled...

Celiac.com 07/18/2019 - Autoimmune conditions cause the body to attack its own healthy cells. There are nearly one-hundred known autoimmune conditions, including lupus, celiac disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Diagnosing autoimmune conditions can sometimes be difficult, so any progress toward faster, cheaper, or more reliable testing methods could play a significant role in improving diagnosis and reducing time to treatment. Approval by the FDA is key to making such tests available commercially.
A New York startup company, Aesku.NY, has received FDA approval for tests to detect two of those autoimmune diseases, with tests for other diseases expected to follow. 
The approved tests for celiac disease, and the connective tissue disorder, lupus, would still require patients ...