From: Center for Food Safety [action@foodsafetynow.org]
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:43 AM
To: FDA Commissioner
Cc: president@whitehouse.gov; vice.president@whitehouse.gov;
fdadockets@oc.fda.gov; fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Oppose the New FDA Regulations on GE Foods!

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

RE: Docket No. 00N-1396, and 00D-1598

Dear Ms. Henney,
 
I urge you to reconsider your new rule and mandate the labeling genetically 
 engineered (GE) foods.  Informed consumer choice is a principle highly 
valued by Americans. Your new rule runs counter to that, and is an insult 
to consumers' intelligence. If food sellers are concerned that GE labeling 
will scare off consumers, it is their prerogative to either stop using GE 
ingredients or promote the benefits and safety of GE to alleviate 
consumer's concerns.  

Your decision basically says, "We know you don't trust this stuff, but we 
aren't giving your a choice!" Not only is that grossly unfair to 
consumers, but it is also a disservice to the biotech industry, which will 
only be meet with greater skepticism from consumers as a result of this 
'forced feeding' policy. GE foods should be required to win consumer 
approval by successful marketing like any other product in a free market. 
This is not possible without informed consumer choice.


Sincerely,



Sean Mullally
850 Victor
Muskegon, MI, 49445

CC: 
The President
Vice President Dick Cheney
FDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 00N-1396]
Senator Carl Levin
Senator Debbie A. Stabenow
Representative Peter HoekstraFDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 00D-1598]


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