Snyder's of Hanover

I am originally a PA girl, so there is always going to be a special place in my heart for Snyder's of Hanover products.  I grew up on the stuff.  Going GF, it became off limits to me.  In March 2010 it looked like there was a glimmer of hope -- Snyder's was introducing GF products!  Dost my eyes and ears decieve me?  Oh sweet decadent pretzels!  Not so...

There is some controversy.  Jules Shepard from http://julesglutenfree.com (some fabulous products and Celiac information there) apparantly had a conversation with representatives from Snyder's that indicated a "for-profit" and not for-health attitude.

More Reading
http://glutenfreemom.typepad.com/gluten_free_mom/2010/03/gluten-free-call-to-action.html

However, Snyder's has taken the response from the GF community very seriously and issued the following statement in the comments section on GlutenFreeMom's website:

http://glutenfreemom.typepad.com/gluten_free_mom/2010/03/as-a-follow-up-to-the-letter-from-jules-shepard-i-had-a-very-good-conversation-today-with-mike-anderson-vp-of-marketing-f.html

It looks like they are going to make a good faith effort to bring the company to not-yet-enforced FDA gluten free and GFCO standards.

Read more:
http://glutenfreecooking.about.com/b/2010/04/07/snyders-of-hanover-and-gluten-free-product-labeling.htm

So what will I do?  Wait and see, and hope I can have a Snyder's pretzel in the near future.  I want to give this some time to go into action.  I don't feel at present time I can fully trust foods coming off Snyder's lines to be GF.  I do believe they are taking proactive measures and in the near future, I can have a pretzel.