Ungase ucabange ukuthi incazelo esemthethweni ye "gluten-free-food" izoba "ukudla okukhululekile okungu-100% kwe-gluten." Kodwa uma ucabanga lokho, uzobe ungalungile: I-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ichaza ukudla okungenayo "gluten" njengalabo abanamaphesenti angaba ngu-20 kuya kwezigidi (ppm) ze-gluten.
Cha, lokho akuyona i-zero, noma ngabe kuseyingcosana.
Abanye odokotela bathi uphumelela kakhulu, ngoba ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi abanye abantu abanesifo se-celiac bangadla ukudla okungaba ngu-10 milligrams of gluten kubo ngosuku ngaphandle kokuthola izimpawu. (Funda kabanzi mayelana nalokhu lapha: Ngingakanani I-Gluten Engangenza Ngigule?)
Abanye abameli ngaphakathi komphakathi ongenalo gluten (mina ngifaka) ukuthi i-FDA kufanele ifune "akukho gluten ebonakalayo" njengendlela ejwayelekile, njengoba abantu abaningi begula emanzini ngezansi ezingxenyeni ezingu-20 ngezigidi. Kodwa-ke, "okungaqondakali" kwaxoshwa njengento enzima kakhulu ukufezekisa abakhiqizi bokudla abakhulu nabathonya abafuna ukugxila emakethe engenayo i-gluten.
Ngaphansi kwemithetho ka-FDA, abakhiqizi ngokusemthethweni bangashayela ukudla "okungenayo gluten" ngisho noma lokho kudla kuqukethe isithako esenziwe ngokolweni, ibhali noma igobe (uma nje isithako sisetshenziselwe ukususa gluten phansi ngezansi ukuthi izingxenye 20 ezingeni million million.
Ingabe Abakhiqizi Balandela Imithetho?
Kusukela ngosuku imithetho yamenyezelwa ngayo ngo-Agasti 2013, i-FDA yathi iningi labakhiqizi - 95% noma ngaphezulu - bebevele belandela imithetho. Ukuhlolwa komkhiqizo yi-Gluten Free Watchdog kubonisa ukuthi iningi lemikhiqizo ye-"gluten-free" emakethe isalokhu ihambisana nezigaba ze-FDA ezingu-20 ezilinganisweni ngezigidi.
Amalebula azinikela ngokuzithandela, hhayi okugunyazwayo - abakhiqizi abafisa ukuzitholela abathengi abangenayo gluten banganezela amalebula emaphaketheni abo, kodwa akudingeki ukuba benze kanjalo. Amalebula awaqedi isidingo sokuba sifunde ukubona i-gluten kumalebula okudla, noma, ngoba imithetho ye-FDA ayidingi abakhiqizi ukuthi badalule izithako ezine-gluten.
Uma uzwela kakhulu ukulandelela inani le-gluten, khumbula ukuthi incazelo ye-FDA isaqhubeka ivumela ukudla okuncane kakhulu kwe-gluten ekudleni okungenalutho lwe-gluten, okusho ukuthi kusengenzeka ukuthola izimpawu ze-gluten ekudleni okubhalwe njenge-gluten. Usenomthwalo wemfanelo ngokwazi ukubekezelelana kwakho nokuqapha ukuphendula kwakho siqu.
Umlando weMilayezo yamaLayibha yama-Free Gluten ye-FDA
Imithetho yokuqala e-FDA ehlongozwayo yokulawula ukubhaliswa kwama-gluten ngo-2007. Ngo-Agasti 2011, i-ejensi yabuye yavula isikhathi sokuphawula komphakathi emithethweni futhi yamemezela izinhlelo zokuqalisa ukusebenza emithethweni, futhi ngoFebruwari 2013, i-FDA yavala umsebenzi wayo imithetho ye-gluten-free futhi ithumele inguqulo yokugcina yokubuyekeza okuqhubekayo.
Umthetho wokuLawulwa kokuPhathwa kwama-Allergen kanye nokuVikela kwabaThengi ka-2004 udinga ukuthi abakhiqizi baveze ngamalebula okudla ukuba khona kwezifo eziyisikhombisa ezinkulu (kubandakanya ukolweni, kodwa hhayi ibhali noma rye).
Lezo zimemezelo zaqala ngo-2006. Umthetho udinga ukuthi i-FDA imise imithetho ye-labeling yamahhala.
Imithetho ehlongozwayo ye-ejenti ngo-2007 ichaza "i-gluten-free" njengoba iqukethe izingxenye ezingaphansi kwezingu-20 ngezigidi.