Gluten Free Food Handling Proposal Arrives on Pritzker's Desk, Awaits Signature

Gluten free food handling proposal arrives on Pritzker's desk, awaits signature

A plan to require more training and awareness for celiac disease has arrived on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk.

Scientists create lower-gluten wheat that makes tasty bread with fewer celiac triggers

Gluten makes your bread stretchy and your pasta chewy. But for millions, it causes pain. Around one percent of the global population suffers from celiac disease, a condition triggered by eating gluten. The number is growing, and no cure exists. The only way to manage it is by following a strict gluten-free diet, which is often expensive and difficult to maintain. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have made a major step forward.…