From: Baron Roller [baronr@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 10:45 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: FDA regulations


Dear Commissioner Henney;

I wish to communicate my unhappiness at hearing the proposed FDA regulations 
regarding Genetically engineered foods.  I am not strictly opposed to 
engineered foods, but believe consumers have the right to know what they are 
eating.

About ten years ago, I was poisoned by manufactured L-tryptophan in a food 
suppliment.  Though this was an incident not involving genetically 
engineered molicules, I believe the same argument applys.  If I had not been 
aware of the bad L-tryptophan through a consumer report, and not seen the 
labeling on the bottle of my product, I would have had no idea what was 
poisoning me.

Though incidents like these are likely to be few, I still believe this and 
similar public awareness arguments dictate that labeling of genetically 
engineered foods is a right that we should have as consumers trusting that 
what we buy is safe, but having that information in such cases where it is 
not.

sincerely, Baron Roller
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