News: Celiac.com: Popular Food Trends May Create Safety Challenges in 2018

[Scott Adams]

Books, social and broadcast media have jumped on the bandwagon to promote gluten-free (gluten-free) foods as the newest consumer diet trend. Some customers choose gluten-free products because they perceive them as healthier. Customers who have Celiac disease must consume gluten-free foods to ...

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3 hours ago, admin said:

Books, social and broadcast media have jumped on the bandwagon to promote gluten-free (gluten-free) foods as the newest consumer diet trend. Some customers choose gluten-free products because they perceive them as healthier. Customers who have Celiac disease must consume gluten-free foods to ...

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"The parents of a girl with a dairy allergy ordered a vegan milkshake and confirmed with store employees that the milkshake contained absolutely no dairy. When the child began to drink the shake, she experienced an almost immediate allergic reaction that required emergency room treatment.

An investigation followed and found that while the shake itself was dairy-free, the store did not have a designated vegan shake blender. The blender that employees used to mix the shake had not been properly cleaned, which resulted in the shake containing trace amounts of dairy protein."

scary glad the little girl got to hospital quickly 

reminds us celiacs /NCGS that if they still have problems in the other allergy areas that likely they are even less so aware of auto immune disease like celiac and cc risks

Having the 20 ppm defined as gluten-free standard  is a start though