From: Brian Kessler [bkessler75@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 4:49 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598 00N-1396 and 00D-1598

January 31, 2001


Jane Henney
FDA Commissioner
Dockets Management Branch
(HFA 305) Food and Drug Administration
5630 FisherĮs Lane, rm. 1061
Rockville MD 20852


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.

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,

Brian Kessler
PO Box 6594
Beverly Hills, CA  90212

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