Fwd: FDA's Gluten-Free Rule Will Help Food Makers Avoid Liability

[John Gear]

Naturally, making processors restrict gluten-free labels to foods that are actually gluten free never occurred to them.


Begin forwarded message:

From: Consumer Protection Law360 <news...@law360.com>
Date: August 19, 2013 2:27:52 PDT
To: John Gear <Jo...@JohnGearLaw.com>
Subject: FDA's Gluten-Free Rule Will Help Food Makers Avoid Liability

FDA's Gluten-Free Rule Will Help Food Makers Avoid Liability

A new, much-anticipated U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule holding that food can be labeled gluten-free as long as its gluten levels fall below an agency-created threshold should substantially cut down on the false marketing allegations available to consumers in court, attorneys say