From: Jackson Sillars [jsillars@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 4:30 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Re: dockets 00N-1396 & 00D-1598

Jackson Sillars
1808 5th Ave
Olympia, WA 98501

Dear Commissioner Henney,

The proposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations fail to
require labels or safety tests on genetically engineered (GE) food. The new 
rules continue to deny Americans the right to know what is in our food, 
while protecting the economic interests of biotech corporations.

Labeling GE foods would protect the public from potential health effects 
that could only be traced if GE foods can be identified. By refusing to 
require both labeling and mandatory safety testing of foods, the FDA puts 
consumer's health at risk, and ignores the recommendations of the 
Biotechnology Consultative Forum, who in December urged the US to require 
mandatory labeling of GE foods. Why not let consumers make the choice about 
whether or not to eat GE foods? Place the burden of proof on the industry 
creating this new technology rather than public interest and non-profit 
groups.

I urge you to reconsider this proposal and insure that GE foods are
subject to pre-market testing and labeling.  Americans have a right to
make informed decisions about the food we consume.

Sincerely,

Jackson Sillars
jsillars@hotmail.com
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