Tainted Food
 

Our biggest worries have come true, atleast they can't be denied anymore...seems like the contaminated wheat gluten may possibly be entering human food too now. I guess the only thing we can do is read labels and make sure we aren't eating anything with "wheat gluten." Does anyone know what types of food are made with wheat gluten?


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times like this make me soooo glad I make almost everything we eat from scratch!!:eek: and have learned to read every label and decipher all their "hidden" additives too!!:mad:

oh, crap!
 

I have been thinking this from the beginning!

Soups, stews, gravy products even some Salmon products (Chicken of the Sea salmon cups for lunches).

They put wheat gluten or flour in just about everything these days!

This could turn into a mass panic! One can't even be sure basic baking flour is untainted anymore!

I found wheat gluten listed in cat tuna even!

Could this be a "terrorist act"? Poisoning our food? :confused:

Thanks once again for all the updates wish...
I will be looking for an update on your baby Lucy today as well..
:hug:
Chemar,you have the right idea{making all organic foods for your family}

I have wondered this myself Mrs D....:(
Very,Very scary times we are living in!!

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Not fully awake here this morning but I am confused as to whether they found the contaminant in the actual wheat gluten or in the food generally. Once it's all mixed in together in a can or a product in a packet I mean. Did they find any of the contaminated gluten at the actual source of manufacture (at the factory) of all the contamined foods before it was made into mixed up food and then canned and / or packaged???

EDITED to ADD: I guess they must have found it in only the gluten 'cause they only recalled all the cans and products which had gluten in them didn't they???

This might be way off, but I've been checking out how melamine is manufactured and all of the uses I could find for it. In my travels I came across a couple of things which made me wonder something I've not seen mentioned. Has there been any mention or indication that the source of the melamine came from the actual containers - cans or packages - that stored the food. Melamine is used as a glue or resin.

What made me wonder about this was that I found places where they mention it being used in canning processes.

I also keep keep coming across info. that says it's generally non-toxic in humans. That's what the WHO site said too, but that was in 1999. Showed it could cause problems in rats but it seemed to be long-term problem at very high doses.

Found melamine is used in canning manufacture and also in barrier film packaging.
e.g.

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Melamine Barrier Film

"DSM Melamine is a leading producer of Melamine for the laminate, canning, flooring, and flame retardant industries"

OMG that is so scary! :eek: :eek: :eek: I don't know what to say, it makes me want to go GF/CF like NOW rather then later this summer! :eek:

well
if anything good has come of all this it is that more people are at least reading labels now to see what is in what they consume:rolleyes:

Yup, that's the truth. I know I am looking more and more, but then I was looking before and trying to see what has Wheat Gluten anyway since I am getting prepared to start GF/CF dieting for my son's benefit. ;)