standard of questions to ask a company

[Guest guest]

This is great that there is a group effort for this but my concern since there

is no consensus about getting info from a company- what questions do we ask?

It's great people want to do this.. but how do we know that each person is being

thorough enough with questions?

I think it is important to come up with a list of questions.

Also, does anyone know the exact steps Elaine went through to approve her

products? That could be a guide.

Jodi

[Guest guest]

It's great people want to do this.. but how do we know that each person is being thorough enough with questions?I think it is important to come up with a list of questions.That sounds like a really good idea. Then we could keep that guide in the BTVC-SCD files too. That way more people will be willing to actually wright the letter. It there was a list of ?s I'd definitely be willing to check out a few of the outdated things (like welch's for example). Or even some new things. Whatever. Pour Dieu, pour terre,Alyssa 15UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds except for the stupid iron pill I have to take that is SO illegal

[Guest guest]

It's great people want to do this.. but how do we know that each person is being thorough enough with questions?I think it is important to come up with a list of questions.That sounds like a really good idea. Then we could keep that guide in the BTVC-SCD files too. That way more people will be willing to actually wright the letter. It there was a list of ?s I'd definitely be willing to check out a few of the outdated things (like welch's for example). Or even some new things. Whatever. Pour Dieu, pour terre,Alyssa 15UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds except for the stupid iron pill I have to take that is SO illegal

[Guest guest]

It's great people want to do this.. but how do we know that each person is being thorough enough with questions?I think it is important to come up with a list of questions.That sounds like a really good idea. Then we could keep that guide in the BTVC-SCD files too. That way more people will be willing to actually wright the letter. It there was a list of ?s I'd definitely be willing to check out a few of the outdated things (like welch's for example). Or even some new things. Whatever. Pour Dieu, pour terre,Alyssa 15UC April 2008, diagnosed Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)No meds except for the stupid iron pill I have to take that is SO illegal

[Guest guest]

I agree, it's a great idea if we can get this letter business organized.

If there's a sample letter or template in the files I think we'd all be

more likely to whip out a few letters. Then if we can get the results

posted, hey, great! Perhaps annually we could each volunteer to

write a few of them again and check things out.

I think it is important to come up with a list of questions.

[Guest guest]

I'm willing to help check things too :-). My mom's been wanting me to write a

letter to a canned tomato/sauce company to see if our pre-SCD sauce has any

hidden ingredients. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> Alyssa,

>

> I am totally willing to check out things too...

> Like canned tomatoes, tea, coconut flour.

>

> Jodi

>

[Guest guest]

For a company to earn the Kosher seal, a huge question is what else is manufactured on the machinery. Cross-contamination is taken lightly by company's but according the laws of Kosher, it's one of the most important, more important than an ingredient! For example, if a drop of milk falls into a mix of chicken burgers, there are times when that can be deemed okay (staggering financial loss in a commercial way such as hotels, caterers, restaurants, and also, the amount must be more than 1/60th in ratio, etc. but otherwise, it's always a strict. "sorry, not kosher". Cross contamination should be a huge thing on the list.

If a machine uses illegal only once a month, it still shouldn't be legal. Because heat absorbs flavors. And heat is used when manufacturing. And when manufacturing the next round, the heat will expel the same flavors it absorbed earlier.

[Guest guest]

For a company to earn the Kosher seal, a huge question is what else is manufactured on the machinery. Cross-contamination is taken lightly by company's but according the laws of Kosher, it's one of the most important, more important than an ingredient! For example, if a drop of milk falls into a mix of chicken burgers, there are times when that can be deemed okay (staggering financial loss in a commercial way such as hotels, caterers, restaurants, and also, the amount must be more than 1/60th in ratio, etc. but otherwise, it's always a strict. "sorry, not kosher". Cross contamination should be a huge thing on the list.

If a machine uses illegal only once a month, it still shouldn't be legal. Because heat absorbs flavors. And heat is used when manufacturing. And when manufacturing the next round, the heat will expel the same flavors it absorbed earlier.

[Guest guest]

For a company to earn the Kosher seal, a huge question is what else is manufactured on the machinery. Cross-contamination is taken lightly by company's but according the laws of Kosher, it's one of the most important, more important than an ingredient! For example, if a drop of milk falls into a mix of chicken burgers, there are times when that can be deemed okay (staggering financial loss in a commercial way such as hotels, caterers, restaurants, and also, the amount must be more than 1/60th in ratio, etc. but otherwise, it's always a strict. "sorry, not kosher". Cross contamination should be a huge thing on the list.

If a machine uses illegal only once a month, it still shouldn't be legal. Because heat absorbs flavors. And heat is used when manufacturing. And when manufacturing the next round, the heat will expel the same flavors it absorbed earlier.

[Guest guest]

At 08:58 PM 9/20/2009, you wrote:

Cross contamination

should be a huge thing on the list.

That's very true -- because a small amount of an illegal can have a major

effect.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 08:58 PM 9/20/2009, you wrote:

Cross contamination

should be a huge thing on the list.

That's very true -- because a small amount of an illegal can have a major

effect.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Cross contamination is huge for the Celiac community!!

Jodi

[Guest guest]

And also people with a peanut allergy, as they generally use the same

machinery for other nut butters as peanut butter. There are probably many

more examples of this than we realize.

Cross contamination is huge for the Celiac community!!

[Guest guest]

And also people with a peanut allergy, as they generally use the same

machinery for other nut butters as peanut butter. There are probably many

more examples of this than we realize.

Cross contamination is huge for the Celiac community!!