From: WMMettler3@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:12 AM
To: EXECSEC
Subject: BIGpigs

01.10.01

Jane E. Henney, MD
Commissioner
US Food & Drug Administration

Dear Dr. Henney:
I am entreating you to establish a federal antibiotic reporting system to 
find out the quantity of antibiotics used in US Agriculture.  
This reporting system will provide the necessary information to determine if 
there is overuse of antibiotics in agriculture (e.g., to promote quick growth 
of livestock).
As you know, the danger is that we may be decreasing the effectiveness of 
antibiotics to treat infectious diseases in people.
As a US citizen, I'm entrusting the FDA to safeguard the American food supply 
by keeping health concerns ahead of meat industry expediency.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this issue.  Please respond.

With Great Respect, 
Bill Mettler
WMMettler3@aol.com
131 Woodland Rd.
Wyncote, PA  19095
FAX 215 885 8031