From: jules777@warwick.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:58 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598

Dear FDA:

In regard to the above two dockets, we ask that the FDA do the following:

1.  Require mandatory pre-market comprehensive  environmental review. Unlike
conventional pollutants,  where a given amount of pollutant causes a limited
amount of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have a population
explosion and reproduce forever, causing unlimited and irreparable damage.

2. The FDA require mandatory pre-market long-term health
 testing. GE products could be toxic, cause allergic responses, have lower
nutritional value, and compromise  immune responses in consumers.

3.  The FDA require mandatory labeling of GE products.  Without mandatory
labeling, neither consumers nor health professionals will know if an
allergic or toxic reaction was the result of a genetically engineered food.
Consumers would be deprived of the critical knowledge needed to hold food
producers liable should any of these novel products  be hazardous.

We ask that the FDA end its cozy relationship with the industries
 it purports to be regulating. People have been allowed to
 work for a biotech company, then work for the FDA writing the
 regulatory rules on that company's product, then go back to
 working for the company.  Ninety-two percent of FDA advisory
 committee meetings had at least one conflict of interest.  We, as
consumers, find that not in our best interest.

Sincerely,

Philip and Julia Harris
638 US Route 209
Godeffroy, New York 12739