Has Church discipline and rubrical observance gone to far?

'Church Says Girl's Communion Not Valid' BRIELLE, N.J. - An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat, violating Roman Catholic doctrine.

In Australia, this coeliac problem is creating some havoc for the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia. The Society had been manufacturing gluten free hosts for years but now has changed to conform with the latest Vatican directives. Online Catholics article 'valid hosts could make you sick' and read more here, which links to this recent article in the THE AGE - "Assurance on communion wafers from Liturgical Commission head Fr Peter Williams of the National Liturgical Commission has given an assurance that the Church is determined to avoid causing alarm to communicant Catholics whose health is threatened by communion wafers containing gluten.'