Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a new rule that defines the term "gluten-free" for use on food labels. According to the press release on the FDA website:
"[The new regulation] requires that, in order to use the term 'gluten-free' on its label, a food must meet all of the requirements of the definition, including that the food must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. The rule also requires foods with the claims 'no gluten,' 'free of gluten,' and 'without gluten' to meet the definition for 'gluten-free.' "
So what does this mean?
"[The new regulation] requires that, in order to use the term 'gluten-free' on its label, a food must meet all of the requirements of the definition, including that the food must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten. The rule also requires foods with the claims 'no gluten,' 'free of gluten,' and 'without gluten' to meet the definition for 'gluten-free.' "
So what does this mean?
