From: Vera Feldman [balanand@catskill.net]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 1980 1:57 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: proposed "regulation" of genetically modified food

Dear FDA Officials,  I am appalled by the fact that you are refusing to
regulate genetically modified foods in any way and especially that you
are providing no way for me to protect myself by reading labels.  It is
a sellout to industry and a shows calloused eat disrespect to consumers
in not requring the manufacture to clearly label these products be
labeled in such a way that that every consumer at least can be aware
that the product is genetically modified and leaving the decision to the
consumer as to whether he wishes to buy it.

I feel that your proposed regulations are a violation of my civil
rights.  First of all, your responsibility is to us citizens and the
environment -- not to profit greedy industrialists.  I question they
have a right to make these products, and you have given them the
go-ahead in a very short-sighted way.  How many of you are getting paid
under the table?   Anway we have the right to have them labeled
explicitly so anyone can tell that they are so modified?  In Europe they
are banned by the government.  What is wrong with our government that we
are not even going to be able to tell whether our food is modified or
not?