Hi all,
Have you used the www.glutenfreedrugs.com website to
check if the medication you are using is GF?
How reliable/valid is it?
Thanks
Neena

--- Mike Lodico <mikelodico@...> wrote:

> Subject: Firm Recalls Chicken Products Due to
> Undeclared Wheat
>
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> =46rom USDA.gov
>
> Recall Release CLASS II RECALL=20
> FSIS-RC-045-2008 HEALTH RISK: LOW=20
>
> Congressional and Public Affairs
> (202) 720-9113
> Peggy Riek
>
> WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2008 - John Soules Foods, Inc.,
> a Tyler, Texas,=20
> establishment, is recalling approximately 8,496
> pounds of cooked chicken =
> strip=20
> products. The chicken products may contain an
> undeclared allergen, wheat,=
> =20
> the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and
> Inspection Service=20=
>
> announced today. Wheat is a known allergen, which is
> not declared on the=20=
>
> label.=20
>
> The following products are subject to recall: [View
> Labels, PDF Only]=20
> 24-ounce bags of "John Soules Foods FULLY COOKED
> CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS=20=
>
> WITH RIB MEAT, Italian Style, GLUTEN FREE." Each bag
> bears the=20
> establishment number "P-2128" inside the USDA mark
> of inspection.=20
> Additionally, the UPC code "034695 123973" as well
> as the "USE BY" date=20=
>
> of "Dec 27 08" or "Jan 2 09" are included on the
> back of the bag.=20
> 24-ounce bags of "John Soules Foods FULLY COOKED
> CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS=20=
>
> WITH RIB MEAT, Rotisserie Style, GLUTEN FREE." Each
> bag bears the=20
> establishment number "P-2128" inside the USDA mark
> of inspection.=20
> Additionally, the UPC code "034695 123980" as well
> as the "USE BY" date=20=
>
> of "Dec 27 08" or "Jan 2 09" are included on the
> back of the bag.=20
>
> The chicken products were produced on Nov. 7 and 13,
> 2008, and were=20
> distributed to retail establishments in Arkansas,
> Connecticut, Delaware,=20=
>
> Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
> Louisiana, Massachuse=
> tts,=20
> Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska,
> New Hampshire, New Jers=
> ey,=20
> New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode
> Island, Tennessee,=20=
>
> Texas and Virginia.
>
> The problem was discovered by the company. FSIS has
> received no reports o=
> f=20
> illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone
> concerned about an=20=
>
> allergic reaction should contact a physician.
>
> Media with questions about the recall should contact
> company Senior Vice=20=
>
> President Tom Ellis at (903) 363-1120. Consumers
> with questions about the=
> =20
> recall should contact company Director of Quality
> Assurance Mark Andersen=
> at=20
> (903) 245-3208.
>
> Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask
> Karen," the FSIS virtual=20=
>
> representative available 24 hours a day at
> AskKaren.gov. The toll-free US=
> DA=20
> Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline
> (1-888-674-6854) is available in=
> =20
> English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m.
> to 4 p.m. (Eastern Ti=
> me)=20
> Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages
> are available 24 hou=
> rs=20
> a day.=20
>
> =20=20
> USDA Recall Classifications=20=20
> =20
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