· When subscribing our members are given a "gluten- free" product list and recipes called "Sin T.A.C.C." (without wheat, oats, barley, rye) a store guide , an information booklet , and recent publications.
· Medical talks and teenage counseling are organized. Diagnosed patients receive advise either at home, in kindergartens, at schools, in pubs, clubs or churches .
· Cooking workshops are held and new recipes tried out.
· Birthdays, Christmas, and Children´s day are celebrated.

WHAT WE DO

· Prepare and update a gluten free list of analyzed products at the Central Laboratory of the Ministry Health in the province of Buenos Aires and the National University of La Plata by means of the immunoassay ELISA, with a detection level 1ppm.

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· Authorize free use the abbreviation and symbol "Sin T.A.C.C." (without wheat, oats, barley, rye) registered since 1984 and allowed to be used by the Argentine Food Codex in its Art. 235, so that Argentine food manufacturers provide an accurate and conscientious description on the labels.

· Attend A.O.E.C:S. Meetings as well as national and international Congresses on Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Food Technology, etc.

· Collaborate with the Ministry of the different Argentine provinces for the fulfillment of Laws for attention to the coeliac and the National Ministry of health to implement Laws 24827 and 24953 dealing with identification and selection of gluten free food apt for coeliacs.

· Organize meetings with the Argentine coeliac community (children , teenagers and adults ) and neighboring countries, as well as annual meetings with delegates from different branches .

· Make known the goals of our association through the mass media.

HOW DIETARY ADDITIONAL COSTS ARE COVERED

In Argentina, Health Insurance doesn't refund additional expenses of gluten-free diets. Nowadays in some provinces, the government provides gluten free food (such as bread, cakes, spaghetti, etc.) to coeliacs of low income.

COMMUNION

The Holy Communion in Argentina takes place through the sacred wine.