From: Bu Nygrens [bu@mail.VeritableVegetable.com]
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 12:51 PM
To: 'fdadockets@oc.fda.gov'
Subject: Re: Dockets OON-1396 and OOD-1598

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 equip the public with adequate information to choose
to buy foods which may have detrimental health effects. By refusing to
require both labeling and mandatory safety testing of foods by independent
research institutions, 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,

Bu Nygrens
Veritable Vegetable
San Francisco