May is National Celiac Awareness Month. To bring community awareness to the inaction of the FDA to finalize and implement standards for gluten-free labeling (the process began four years ago) a group of gluten-free activists and members of the community are organizing the 1st Annual Gluten-Free Food Labeling Summit. The summit is the brainchild of Jules Dowler Shepard, gluten-free activist, author and found of Jules Gluten-Free.
The event is being held May 4th in Washington, D.C. at the Embassy Suites D.C. Convention Center located at 900 10th Street NW. The Summit will host Capitol Hill legislators, top Celiac disease researchers, gluten-free community leaders and food corporations. The highlight of the event will be a 12 foot gluten-free / dairy free cake which, according to Jules "symbolizes the Big Deal that federal gluten-free food labeling standards mean to the estimated 3 million Americans living with Celiac disease and the more than 18 million Americans living with gluten-intolerance. 21 million Americans!" Yes, that is a big deal.
To support this important cause visit the 1 in 133 website. Sign the summit petition that urges the FDA to act now, write a letter to the FDA and donate.
According to the 1 in 133 Press Release, "Proceeds will benefit the American Celiac Disease Alliance (ACDA), a non-profit volunteer organization that advocates for the needs of people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. The ACDA spearheaded the grassroots campaign which was instrumental to the passage of FALCPA. Your support of "1 in 133" can help motivate the FDA to provide the safe and uniform labeling for the millions of people that are gluten intolerant."
- About The American Celiac Disease Alliance
- "1 in 133 - What's the Big Deal?
- Sign the Gluten-Free Labeling Summit Petition and Write a Letter to the FDA!
- "1 in 133" on Twitter
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