Fda Announces Public Meeting To Solicit . . .

[lbsteenwyk]

I ran across this announcement on another web site and thought some of you might be interested:

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public

meeting to obtain expert comment and consultation from stakeholders to

help the agency to define and permit the voluntary use on food labeling

of the term ``gluten-free''. The meeting will focus on food

manufacturing, analytical methods, and consumer issues related to

reduced levels of gluten in food. We request that those who wish to

speak at the meeting, or otherwise provide FDA with their written or

oral comments, focus on the questions set out in this document.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on Friday, August 19, 2005, from

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All those attending the meeting must register by

August 12, 2005. See the ``Registration'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document for details on how to register.

Submit written or electronic comments by September 19, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Food and Drug

Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5100

Paint Branch Pkwy., Harvey W. Wiley Auditorium, College Park, MD 20740.

You may submit written comments, identified with Docket No. 2005N-

0279, to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Submit electronic comments to Open Original Shared Link

A link to the full announcement is below. It includes questions that they will be addressing at this meeting.

Open Original Shared Link

[Jnkmnky]

Wow! Thanks. I submitted a comment.

[pixiegirl]

I submitted a long comment, the more of us that do the better. I had to search to find it there are pages of "dockets" and I think the gluten one is on the 4th page at the top.

Susan

[jenvan]

I submitted too--saw article this morning. Anybody want to go to the meeting ?

[Jnkmnky]

I also emailed this info to all my friends and asked them to also submit comments. I agree about the more who respond, the better response we'll get. I want my son to grow up in a country that takes celiac disease seriously enough to LABEL food correctly. That's not too much to ask.