Inaccurate Food Labeling

[frec]

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I am sure this isn't a surprise to anyone.

[darlindeb25]

Thank you for posting it under it's own title. I was thinking about doing it myself. I have no interest in Willshire Farm products, so I had not read that thread, simply because it does not pretain to me in anyway.

Nope, it's no surprise. I have been saying, since the law came out about allergen labeling, that unless the FDA polices these companies, then the labeling is worthless. I knew all along that we should not trust these companies or the FDA. Why should the FDA be any different from any other govt agency?

When the whole problem surfaced about melamine in foods from China, our govt sent FDA agents to checkout compaines in China, 12 agents. Now how much can 12 agents do in all of China?

It's up to us to figure out what we can and can't eat. I eat almost no processed foods. Anything I do buy, has a minimun amount of ingredients. I find this article very scary.

[lizard00]

That is so scary! Couldn't that family sure for false advertising or something. There needs to be repercussions for these companies who don't care.

[spunky]

This is very bad.

I hope the new administration straightens out our FDA so that people can KNOW what they are buying/eating/ingesting.

I heard a doctor somehwere, on some interview, talking about celiac... someone asked if it was okay to eat something gluten free that was made in a facility that processes wheat products, or on machinery that does... she said she had to advise against doing so, because her celiac patients who had taken trips to certain Asian countries (esp. the areas that are not on the wheat wagon) said they felt better while vacationing there than they ever did in their lives... she was thinking it was because for the first time ever they were eating foods that were not in the vicinity of airborne flour, etc.

Besides no labeling standards to go by, and nobody to answer to as far as truthfulness on their labels... something's just gotta change in this country.

I feel especially bad for children with severe, immediate allergic reactions... who can their parents trust?

Not to mention trying to avoid gluten... I mean, I just wonder how many of the bumps in the rocky road of my own recovery have actually been caused by dishonest or sloppy labeling?????

Not good... things need to change!!!!!

[rinne]

Thank you for posting the article, unfortunately, it doesn't surprise me at all.

I wish there was a home test for gluten! I would like to see Celiac Associations look at a class action suit against these companies for false advertising, one really big case with a huge settlement might make them pay attention.

But I don't know, I will never forget reading the article about dangerous cars not being recalled because the money men understood that it was cheaper to pay off those who found a way to sue than recall the cars. People died, they knew this would happen. This is the same kind of thinking.

Personally, if I let it, it fills me with rage and sickness that those who profit from us care so little but I am not going to let them get me that way either.

I envision a new economy based on relationship, I think these are the lessons we are learning on our way there. The most important being that we are responsible for our health and that those who profit from our illness are most motivated to keep us so.