Friday, August 17, 2012

Two Moms in the Raw - contains peanuts

Voluntary Recall - Pesto Sea Cracker for Potential Undeclared Peanut Allergen



Lot Code Best Used By Date
1008
10/20/2012
1016
10/27/2012
1027
11/04/2012
1055
11/17/2012
1067
11/26/2012

Reason
Two Moms in the Raw, LLC is voluntary recalling a limited number of cases of 4oz Pesto Sea Crackers produced in June-July 2012 because they may contain pine nuts that have been cross-contaminated with undeclared peanuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. There have been no illnesses reported to date in connection with this problem.
 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Simply Organic Italian Herb & Garden Vegetable GFCO certification not yet available


Simply Organic 

Italian Herb Sauce (BATCH2079 March 2014) UPC 089836157102 
 
and 
Garden Vegetable (BATCH 1334 November 2013) 089836157119 
 
don't have GFCO certification codes.
 The press release for GFCO products includes these products.  Be sure to look for a GFCO certification code to ensure that you are preparing a product that has been tested for its gluten free status.
Simply Organic's reply:
"Thanks again for bringing this to our attention. We are in the process of changing the labels over to include the GFCO logo. While this product does not have any gluten containing ingredients, these batches are not certified gluten-free. These items were added to the list prematurely, and we will remove them until the labels have been updated and all batches go through testing to ensure the absence of gluten. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you"
Thank you Simply Organic and Frontier Naturals COOP for reporting back to us so quickly.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Update on Food For Life Products

According to Food For Life representatives, all products labelled gluten free are randomly tested to be gluten free with Elisa Assay Test Kits.  This information does not match up to independent laboratory tests that show higher levels of gluten in 2 products. 

As a side note:  It is important to know that Elisa Assay Test Kits can create false negatives when they are not used properly.

Sun Flour Baking - Gluten and Wheat Alert

Sun Flour Baking as of July 2012 is testing cookies with an Elisa at Home Test Kit.  All cookies show non-detectable at 5ppm.

Sun Flour Baking states the following regarding the gluten status of their products:

"Do you guarantee that your cookies are Egg, Dairy, Wheat, Gluten, Sugar and Peanut Free?"  
"All Sun Flour products are produced in a 100% vegan dedicated facility, which means that we DO guarantee that our cookies are free of ALL animal products.  We cannot guarantee that there won't be trace amounts of wheat, gluten, sugar or peanut because all of our products are processed on the same equipment.  However, all utensils and machinery are cleaned thoroughly between each batch, so it is at your discretion whether or not to purchase Sun Flour products."

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Thai Kitchen UPDATE - Mushroom Rice Noodle Soup

Newly produced Thai Kitchen Mushroom Soup Bowls are labelled gluten free, but don't mess up and grab an old item.  They used to contain gluten and some skus may still be in circulation or in your cupboard.

Let's Do Sprinkles - NO LONGER LABELED GLUTEN FREE - CONTAINS BARLEY

Let's Do Sprinkles - Confetti are No Longer Labelled Gluten Free


This product now contains Barley Grass Powder!

The Jelly Bean Planet - CONTAINS WHEAT

The Jelly Bean Planet Company
states in its ingredient list "Wheat Syrup"

This product contains Wheat and is not suitable for individuals on a Wheat Free/ Gluten Free Diet.