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-Can a small amount of gluten make somebody sick? | National Celiac Association
Symptoms of Celiac Disease | Celiac Disease Foundation
-NCA-FACT-Brochure-05-2023-web.pdf (nationalceliac.org)
Product Directory - Gluten-Free Certification Organization (gfco.org)
Gluten-Free Finder (gf-finder.com)
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*Certified Gluten-Free labels/seals: These third-party companies test products continually confirming that products labeled gluten-free have 5, 10, or 20ppm of gluten or less. Often these additional certifications have stricter testing/audits than the FDA has with 20ppm threshold. I encourage people with Celiac Disease to look for these additional certifications.*
GFCO, The Gluten-Free Certification Organization, Home - Gluten-Free Certification Organization (gfco.org): certification for 10ppm of gluten or less. GFCO-Manual-2023.pdf -Gluten-Free Certification Organization | SGS United Kingdom. Its parent company is GIG, Gluten Intolerance Group Home - GIG® Gluten Intolerance Group® .
Companies are required to perform ingredient and finished product testing, and submit that information to GFCO quarterly for review. Facilities making these certified products are also required to be audited annually in order to maintain certification and ensure they are continuing to make products under standards that match our requirements. Separately they perform surveillance testing where they purchase products on the retail self, and randomly test these products independently to ensure these products test under our 10-ppm threshold.
National Celiac Association, (NCA)acquired CSA and its Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP)certifying products with the Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP): the product needs to meet 5 ppm (parts-per-million) or less of gluten-established NCA. HTTP://glutenfreefoodprogram.com
(WFCF)Where Food Comes From. Any product that tests above 10 ppm for gluten is not eligible for certification. WFCF Launches WFCF Gluten Free Standard (wherefoodcomesfrom.com)
SCS Gluten-Free Certification | SCS Global Services
-SCS Standard’s strict limit of 10 ppm gluten.
Kitchens with Confidence is a wholly owned subsidiary of MenuTrinfo, LLC. They conduct annual recertification audits, and during the year between audits, They collect chemical test results to ensure they're adhering to the threshold.
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Uses 10 ppm as our certification threshold. I also wanted to share our directory of products: Certified Gluten-Free - MenuTrinfo
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NSF’s certification aligns with the FDA’s Gluten-Free Labeling Final Rule of 20ppm of gluten or less. Gluten-Free Certification | NSF- "NSF gluten-free certification assures consumers that the product does not contain gluten over the FDA’s allowable limit of 20 parts per million (ppm) and that it is manufactured in a facility that prevents cross-contamination. They have annual manufacturing facility inspections and product testing "Gluten-Free | NSF
-UK Coeliac Society: Must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten to label gluten-free, test 100 ppm for low gluten. Push for universal gluten-free symbol in Europe (bakeryandsnacks.com) Law on gluten-free - Coeliac UK
GFCP (Gluten-Free Certification Program) is a management system and facility-based certification that the Beyond Celiac organization endorses. The GFCP Global Standard mandates a threshold of less than 20 ppm. Certification audits are conducted annually by, independent International Standard for Organization (ISO) and third-party accredited auditing companies.
*BOB'S RED MILL Has Their Facility. Please read below for their response:
The only products we offer that are certified by the GFCO are our Instant Oatmeal Packets, Homestyle Granolas, and Bob's Bars. All of our other gluten-free items are tested in-house in our Quality Assurance laboratory, and I have provided detailed information about that below.
As part of our commitment to provide the highest quality natural foods available, Bob’s Red Mill is pleased to offer a complete line of gluten-free grain products. We have a dedicated processing facility where only gluten-free products are milled, mixed, and packaged. Gluten-free machinery and processes are never exposed to non-gluten-free products.
Bob’s Red Mill products labeled gluten-free are batch-tested in our quality control laboratory where we utilize the R-Biopharm brand sandwich enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) for the quantitative analysis of prolamines present in wheat, rye, and barley. This is done to ensure that a product labeled gluten-free is gluten-free. In accordance with the Codex Alimentarius’ established threshold for gluten contamination and the FDA Gluten-Free labeling rules, Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods does not market products as gluten-free that demonstrate gluten contamination levels at or above 20 parts per million (ppm). Items that are found to be non-compliant in the system are removed from the gluten-free processing stream.
Beginning in 2019, Bob’s Red Mill also offered some products that are certified gluten-free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, a branch of the Gluten Intolerance Group. You can identify these select products by the GFCO logo on the product packages. Other Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free products will continue to be tested and confirmed gluten-free per our strict gluten-free protocols.
I hope that this information will be helpful and please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thank you and take care!
Customer Service Representative
Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods
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