From: aed1001@hotmail.com
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 9:33 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: What's in your food? (FDA Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598)


Dear Corporate and Government Leaders,

Neither government nor industry is protecting Americans from the risks posed to human health and the environment by genetically engineered (GE) foods. The Food and Drug Administration's "new" policy on GE foods (proposed January 18, 2001) continues to let the biotech industry regulate itself; it fails to require the long-term, pre-market safety testing demanded by independent experts. The "voluntary labeling" guidelines are a wholly inadequate response to the overwhelming public support for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. Therefore, I urge you to keep all genetically engineered ingredients and crops off the market unless:

1) Independent safety testing demonstrates they have no harmful effects on human health or the environment, 

2) They are labeled to ensure the consumer's right-to-know, and 

3) The biotechnology corporations that manufacture them are held accountable for any harms they may cause.


In the words of the Onceler from Dr. Suess's The Lorax, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not!"  Please help all of us who want to make good choices for ourselves.  Make companies inform us of what they put in their products.  Let us be informed consumers.  


Sincerely

Andrea Davis
100 Arthur Moore Dr
St Simons Island, Georgia 31522