From: A. R. Palmer [palmera@qwest.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:37 PM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: National Antibiotic Use Reporting System

Dear Dr. Henney:
    There is increasing potential for public health danger from
unacknowledged use of antibiotics in many of our food products.  It
seems essential that we have public records on the quantities and kinds
of antibiotics that are being used on our foods, and that research on
the consequences of ingestion of such foods should be implemented and
adequately supported.  Perhaps the risk factors are small, but those who
guard the safety of foods for the American public (rather than those who
produce such foods) should do the work to determine this.  Thus, this
letter is in strong support of a National Antibiotic-Use Reporting
System.  What are the possibilities for such a system?
    Sincerely,  A. R. Palmer
      President, Institute for Cambrian Studies, Boulder, CO