View of the McD's issue from a celiac expert

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The following post appeared on the celiac listserv this evening. Forthose of you not familiar with Kupper, she a registereddietician who does a great deal of work with the food industry topromote awareness of CD and develop GF menus in restaurant chains. Sheis also head of GIG - Gluten Intolerance Group and an excellentspeaker on the GF diet.The post:"From: "Thorn, " <mthorn@...>Subject: McD info from an expert in the fieldWhenever controversies or issues like the one about McD's comes up Itry to consult the experts for solid information.I emailed Kupper who is a registered dietitian, executivedirector of the Gluten Intolerance Group and has worked with Outback (along with other companies) to develop gf menus.quote---------Original Message-----This is a case of Mcs following the letter of the law, butwithout the FDA having the exceptions in place - it is causingconfusion. This is a perfectly safe ingredient. People should not beblasting McD for doing what they are told they have to do, but insteadforcing the issue of the pan fry to file an exemption for theirproduct. (notice that thus far the FDA has not made a ruling on anyexemptions filed...that doesn't help)Or of course the pan fry company could certify their product. Thiswould mean they are regularly testing the product to show it's purity.The law is good, but the cart was put before the horse. Kupper, RD, CDExecutive DirectorGluten Intolerance Group of NA"Her words confirm what I suspected: this issue is about the newlabeling law, not the safety (from a celiac point of view) of the fries.Maureen