From: Carol Gish [cgish@santa-fe.cc.nm.us]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:18 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: dockets OON-1396 and OOD-1598

Dear Commissioner Henney,

Until there is further evidence, I will continue to try as a consumer to
avoid GE foods.
Please work to make food labeling clearer to protect the rights of
consumers
to make their own choices on these issues.

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.

Sincerely,

Carol Gish
1803 1/2 Agua Fria St
Santa Fe, NM  87501