From: Jason Pociask [Jason.Pociask@domail.maricopa.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 5:24 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Cc: notmilkman@notmilk.com
Subject: Docket 99P-4613 Request

Dear Sirs:

Please comply with the appropriate US laws governing the
DHHS/FDA, the Freedom of Information Act, and the FDA
charter, which is to protect US Citizens from hazardous substances.
Monsanto's rbGH "Posilac" bovine growth hormone substance has
been proven to be a significant hazard that accelerates the growth
and proliferation of cancers, both in test animals and humans.
Use of this product has also increased the amounts of antibiotic
chemicals administered to cows treated with rbGH, and a huge
increase in immune cells--pus--in milk, both of which are passed
on to milk consumers--mostly children.

The tests which measured how much rbGH present in milk
would survive pasteurization were a sham, in that the typical
15 second exposure of milk to high temperatures was ignored
and a much longer heating interval used for testing.

In addition, much of the testing that was done on "rbGH" was
rendered invalid by the disclosure, after approval by the FDA,
that there was a miscoded amino acid in the 191 amino acid
encoding sequence of the tested version of rbGH which the
developer, Monsanta, corrected prior to mass production.
The rbGH now in use is not the same chemical compound
that was tested by the FDA.

Additionally, I understand that the FDA has not complied, within
the allocated time allowed by US law, with a FOIA request to
divulge any and all communications between FDA and Monsanto
(companies) regarding the testing, evaluation and approval of
rbGH. Please comply with the FOIA law.

Sincerely,

Jason Pociask

PO Box 27403
Tempe, AZ 85285
(602) 625-5888
Jason.Pociask@domail.maricopa.edu