2005N-0279
  

  
Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods; Public Meeting
  


  

  

  


  

  
FDA Comment Number : 
  

  
EC53
  



  

  
Submitter : 
  

  
Mr. Roger Collins
  

  
Date & Time: 
  

  
08/15/2005 05:08:57
  



  

  
Organization : 
  

  
Mr. Roger Collins
  



  

  
Category : 
  

  
Individual Consumer
  



  

  
Issue Areas/Comments 
  


  

  


  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
 E. Consumer Purchasing Practices

e.9 & 10. I have recently been diagnoised with Celiacs and have found shopping for products gluten-free to be very difficult.  There needs to be a labeling requirement on every product that simply states whether it is gluten free from the standpoint of being ok to be consumed by a person with celiacs. 



If packaged products do not say 'gluten-free' clearly on them, then I have to individually examine each ingredient and compare it against 6 pages of potentially good and bad ingredients to know if I am safe to purchase it.  This takes forever!  I've done this for all foods I used to eat to see which were ruled out, and I did it initially as I was looking for substitutes, but it is very tricky and once I think I find one gluten free I still end up emailing the manufacturer to double check.  Why make it that difficult?