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Food Allergy Roulette
I was doing some research on food allergies and their connection to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (more on that later) and ran across a post on Nancy Lapid's Celiac blog referencing an article from the Chicago Tribune. They've confirmed that there are thousands of food allergens in popular kid's food which are never recalled, and that children end up guinea pigs for the manufacturers and not much is done about it. It's not surprising that this happens, considering how many levels of processing that manufactured food products go through. And they change all the time, due to market conditions and prices of ingredients. But it is appalling that the manufacturers don't have any quality control, especially when they produce a "gluten-free" product that isn't. And there aren't laws yet to address this, but maybe someday. Just another reminder that the only way to be 100% safe is to cook at home with ingredients that you're sure of. But since that's not realistic, we need to be vigilant about the manufactured foods that we do buy.
Here are some scary stats the Chicago Tribune original article "Food Roulette".
- Roughly five products a week are recalled because of hidden allergens
- One-third of all products recalled for hidden allergens are cookies, candy, ice cream or snacks
- Of all product recalls for hidden allergens since 1998, only 53% were announced to the public
Be careful out there! Use tools like this one to track some of your household purchases.
Chicago Tribune Food Allergy Recall Database
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