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Many restaurants are not following the requirements set forth by Health Canada and enforced by MAPAQ (in Quebec). Therefore if you’ve become ill at a restaurant that has made a GF claim, you are encouraged to file a complaint contact with MAPAQ at: 1 800 463-5023
Details can be found on the Restaurants Making a GF Claim page.
Celebrating Celiac Awareness Day May 16th 2018 in Montreal with tweets to create a shining crisscross of stars. Thanks to all who participated.
Here is a link to the CCA's web page where the CCA's 2018 Celiac Awareness Events are listed:
https://www.celiac.ca/awareness-month/celiac-month-events-activities
There is a free pubic GF#101 webinar on May 23rd and you will find a link to register for the limited number participants
In Montreal, Quebec, we are hoping to have the Olympic Stadium Tower lit up green for us, sometime towards the end of May. Meanwhile, on May 16th - Celiac Awareness Day - the Jacques Cartier Bridge will already be illumined in green at sundown. If enough of us click on the hashtag #illuminationsMtl on the web site:
http://www.jacquescartierbridge.ca/Community+Heritage/Illuminations
we can get a star illumined for us on the Jacques Cartier Bridge. The star will not say what it is for, but it will signal that the day is meaningful and we van let the media know about it. Click on Community + Heritage and then scroll down to Illuminations and then scroll down that page. Here are the directions received from the bridge personnel:
Every new tweet sent with the hashtag
#IlluminationMtl
is sent to the bridge’s illumination system. The tweet is then transformed into a moving light in the colour of the day. If the tweet is favored, the moving light expands. If it is retweeted, it accelerates. Otherwise, the moving light disappears after a few moments.
At sunset on May 16th, please be ready to click #illuminations MTL on the web site
http://www.jacquescartierbridge.ca/Community+Heritage/Illuminations
However our #s have to be favoured #s for that evening, so the more of us #illuminationsMTL the more chance we have to make a lasting star.
A recall has been added to the CFIA's Food Recall Report due to undeclared gluten in the Dhawaka brand product Choco Kids "Chocolat en poudre".
Product details are available here.
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issues public advisories and email notifications for food recalls for all high-risk food recalls (mainly Class I) when the product is available for sale or could be in consumers’ homes.
All other recalls (Class II and III), and food products that are sold exclusively to restaurants, are posted on the CFIA’s Food Recall Report. Email notifications are also available for all allergen recalls.To sign up for food recall notifications, click here.
Food and consumer product recalls are also available at www.healthycanadians.gc.ca.
Practical Guide to Gluten-Related Disorders and the Gluten-Free Diet for residential care (It comes with a copy of the CCA Pocket Dictionary)
CCA Pocket Dictionary - Acceptability of Food and Food Ingredients for the Gluten-Free Diet
Gluten-Free - The Definitive Resource Guide by Shelley Case, Dietitian
*To order, please contact the Quebec chapter: info@celiacquebec.ca or (514) 893-9856
The CCA retracts its statement of October 20, 2017 and replaces it with this statement due to errors in the original statement.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has made an announcement that the words "gluten-free" will be removed from all Cheerios packages sold in Canada by January 1, 2018. Please click here to read more.
A potential treatment for celiac disease has been approved for clinical trials. Click here to read the article.
Celebrity Chef Antonio Park from Restaurant Park gives us a lesson in gluten-free sushi-making.
The story behind Cannelle Boulangerie AKA Spiffy Bakeshop - one of Canada's pioneers in gluten-free baking!
Decadent, delicious, gluten-free Doughnuts made in Montreal by Chef Nathalie Kaspy-Shtern, aka “Chef Nat"
A look inside Delicious Without Gluten, a Montreal factory that makes gluten-free, peanut-free, dairy-free and Kosher baked goods.
The story behind Le Point Sans G. A 100% Gluten-Free food truck!
A taste of the new Gluten-Free bakery/coffee shop on Notre-Dame West in St-Henri, Montreal.
Take a tour behind the scenes at Oggi foods. Gluten-Free, peanut free, kosher and organic frozen pastas and pizzas made in Montreal.
Learn about the story behind Louise Sans Gluten - a one-stop shop for all things Gluten-Free!
In Episode 1 of Seriously Gluten-Free, join Aalia Adams as she unveils the story behind one of the leading allergy-friendly restaurant chains in Montreal. Find out how seriously Ottavio takes Gluten-Free.
We have just published the latest updates to our Gluten-Free Friendly Restaurant First-Step Guides. There are two guides - one for Montreal, Laval, and the Montérégie, and one for the other regions in the province. These are minor updates, with a small number of changes to each guide since our previous editions from October 1st, 2016.
To get these guides, go to the Restaurants page.
Whether you are travelling in one of the regions of Quebec, or simply want to go out to dinner for the evening, it can be a challenge to find a place where gluten-free dishes are available. These guides should be considered a first-step in helping you find a place where you can dine without worry. These guides do not replace the vigilance that any person who must dine gluten-free must have in order to dine safely.
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