Currently, there are approximately 5% (or 1,096) products that are labeled gluten free that do not meet the FDA gluten free final rule. The FDA estimates that approximately 19,000 individuals diagnosed with celiac disease consume these foods on a daily basis. Each one of these individual are at risk of consuming 50 mg of gluten daily.
In August 2013, the FDA issued their final gluten free labeling rule which is scheduled to go into effect next month. It is the job of all United States agencies to take into account any rules that will effect small businesses. The FDA Department of Health & Human Services along with [their?] Economics Staff, Office of Regulatory Policy and Social Sciences, and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, issued a new document that was recently published, Final Regulatory Impact Analysis Regulatory Flexibility Analysis.
Once they took into account that the additional months that people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance would possibly become ill due to consuming unsafe products, they saw that the delay would cost an additional $165 million. Therefore, they concluded that the final loss of health costs outweighed the expenditures of manufacturers.
They also reviewed many other aspects of the final rule such as banning oats in gluten free products, increasing the 20 parts per million (ppm) requirements, and more. Check them out at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/ReportsManualsForms/Reports/EconomicAnalyses/UCM363530.pdf
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Well done! Unfortunate that is seems to be more about money than health, but it works!