Labelling Gluten Free Products

The main purpose of the Commission Regulation is:

To require that the claim “gluten-free”Ÿ is only used in relation to foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten where the level of gluten is 20mg/kg or less, either through substitution of cereals containing gluten with cereals that do not contain gluten, or through reduction in the levels of gluten in the cereals containing gluten.

To require that the claim “very low gluten”Ÿ is only used in relation to foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten where the level of gluten is 100mg/kg or less and which contain cereal ingredients that have been specially processed to reduce the level of gluten e.g. Codex wheat starch.

To require that oats contained in foodstuffs for people intolerant to gluten must have been produced, prepared and/or processed in a way

To avoid cross-contamination by wheat, rye, barley or their crossbred varieties. Only oats with 20mg/kg of gluten or less can claim to be “gluten-free' or be used in products with the claims 'gluten-free' or 'very low gluten'.

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