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I agree with lots of what you say, and the statistics are showing most manufacturers already comply with the 20 PPM, and in fact yes many target lower. Maybe I didn't hear right about the 80 PPM (not from Answer.com, only the Vanillin reference was from Answer), but if it was not 80 ppm, then what was the PPM cutoff before the new laws took effect August...

The current Gluten Free standard in the US is 80 parts per million. In Europe it is 20 parts per million. Our US laws are changing, effective August 2014, to 20 parts per million. The US Food and Drug Administration finalized standards for "gluten free" labeling in August 2013, and manufacturers have one year to come into compliance (August 2014). ...

I searched the web for info on Vanillin, contained in Nutella. On Answer.com they say that those that are sensitive might have a problem, since Vanillin is derived from grain alcohol, and thus may contain small trace amounts of Gluten. Definitely under the current 80 parts per million limit in the U.S., but if Gluten is in the Vanillin in small amounts,...