Laws and regulations on gluten-free labeling.

In recent years, governments in several countries have enacted laws and regulations to ensure food safety for people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

CODEX alimentarius is the internationally adopted set of food standards. These standards are to protect consumer health and facilitate international food trade. It establishes 20 ppm to be declared gluten free and from 20ppm to 100 ppm for low gluten.

It is not mandatory to label gluten-free products, either because they do not contain gluten as an ingredient or because they have been processed to eliminate gluten. But if a manufacturer or producer declares that their product is: Gluten Free or Gluten Free, they have to comply with the strictly established requirements, and perform controls and analysis continuously so as not to exceed the stipulated amount, at the risk of penalty. For example, in.

Spain, non-compliance with labeling regulations can be sanctioned with fines ranging from 3,001 to 600,000 euros, depending on the seriousness of the infraction. Some of the laws and regulations in this area are mentioned below:

• United States: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that all foods labeled Gluten-Free contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten. In addition, the FDA also regulates the use of Gluten Free, Gluten Free and Low Gluten labels on foods.

• European Union: The European Commission has established a regulation defining the requirements that foods labeled gluten-free must meet in the European Union. According to this regulation, gluten-free foods must contain less than 20 ppm of gluten.

• Canada: Health Canada requires that all foods labeled gluten-free contain less than 20 ppm gluten. In addition, the agency also regulates the use of gluten-free and gluten-free labels on foods.

• Australia and New Zealand: The Food Safety Authority of Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) requires that foods labeled gluten-free contain no more than 20 ppm gluten.

• Spain: the regulatio