Report from the 34th General Assembly
For the 34th time over 100 delegates met in Lisbon between September 15-18th on the annual AOECS General Assembly to discuss how to improve life for people with coeliac disease.
For the 34th time over 100 delegates met in Lisbon between September 15-18th on the annual AOECS General Assembly to discuss how to improve life for people with coeliac disease.
AOECS - Gluten Free Alliance starts training sessions for food auditors to give them a good understanding of the new AOECS Standard 3.0. This new version will become mandatory for all companies licenced with the Crossed Grain Trademark as of January 1st, 2023.
AOECS is now introducing a new version of the AOECS Standard for Gluten-Free Foods. This version supersedes the previous old version and becomes binding by January 1st, 2023. See our webinar presenting the changes.
A recent study show that governmental support to people with coeliac disease varies a lot from country to country in Europe.
Latvian Coeliac Society for the ninth year organized the traditional summer camp in July 2022 for coeliac children. This year also Ukranians families was able to participate with financial support from AOECS.
AOECS launches Gluten Free Alliance and updates the Crossed Grain Trademark and AOECS Standard
Participants from over 16 European countries participated in the Coeliac Day Run collecting funds to support coeliacs affected by the war in Ukraine.
The American association Celiac Disease Foundation appoints Dr. Joseph A. Murray for the prize Excellence in Celiac Disease Research. The prize winner donates all winnings to AOECS Central Emergency Fund.
Today is Coeliac Awareness Day. We mark this day to raise attention to a stealth disease that affects the lives of 7 - 15 million Europeans.
It is getting increasingly more difficult for people to find gluten-free food inside Ukraine. The humanitarian aid to ship gluten-free food into Ukraine continues and 750 food parcels were delivered to different regions inside Ukraine in April. More help is needed.
Join the Coeliac Day Virtual run and support coeliacs in Ukraine. You can choose to run, walk or cycle 3 or 10 km during May 16th - 22nd. Read more about this and sign up for the race here; https://www.aoecs.org/webinars-events/coeliac-day-virtual-run-2022
Over 1 500 families have received gluten free food packages in Ukraine with support from AOECS Emergency Fund.