I was sooo excited, - I read this post on Saturday evening, went to the Delphi Forum web site, joined, found the list of gluten free products, found Johnsonville sausage listed, went to the Johnsonville web site to confirm the gluten free products, went to three supermarkets to find the product, buying enough to last for weeks, made them yesterday morning, and now am suffering the consequences.
I just had a long talk with a very pleasant and knowledgeable representative from the Johnsonville company, - every product I purchased (and most if not all of their gluten free products) are made on the same equipment as their gluten-containing products (beer brats & brown sugar and honey sausage - although they are changing the brown sugar and honey product to be gluten free in the near future), - the equipment is washed between runs, but for those of us that are very sensitive, there is enough cross contamination to cause reaction + symptoms.
(I have to wonder . . . if I'm so sensitive that the slightest cross contamination will cause reaction + symptoms, . . . for the folks that aren't as symptom sensitive, is the reaction still present? - Is the damage still happening but the symptoms aren't apparent? A question that so far unfortunately doesn't have an answer, since medical science does not yet know or understand the full reaction that gluten causes throughout the body.)
It was just another reminder to check everything that claims to be gluten free. I just wish I was smart enough to always check first. It's not like I don't know better!