In article >,
Dave Bell > wrote:

> Cindy Fuller wrote:
> > Things are
> > finally getting easier in the US for food allergy sufferers, as the FDA
> > has mandated clearer food labels. For example, manufacturers can't say
> > modified food starch without specifying what food it came from.
>
> Must be a new ruling. I still find labels with "modified food starch". I
> tend to avoid that entirely, as it's most likely to be corn, and I'd
> rather avoid wheat, although it bothers me less than corn. What I really
> hate though, are the places where I least expet to find corn or wheat.
> Where do you think the oats fall in Cheerios' ingredients? Third, after
> corn and wheat! My wife just brought me home some Cracker JAck flavored
> rice cakes, a nice treat since I haven't been able to eat popcorn for
> years. Number two ingredient? Corn!
>
> Gotta read those labels...
>
> Dave

The regs went into effect January 1. The regs also require
specification of how much trans fat is in a food. This is why many
companies scrambled to produce "trans fat free" products last year.

Cindy

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