From: Susan Marcus [smarcus98@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 11:20 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Genetically Engineered Food Requirements

I am very concerned about the proposed guidelines for
introducing genetically engineered foods onto the
market.

It is critical that these foods undergo thorough
pre-market long-term safety testing by a third-party
scientific lab, not affiliated with a biotech company,
before marketing. There are many safety issues about
this technology that need to be thoroughly addressed
by responsible scientists not associated with the
industry.

Secondly, the foods need to have a thorough
environmental-impact review before they are allowed to
be introduced into the ecosystem, since plants will
continue to reproduce and cross-breed, spreading
throughout the environment. They may be impossible to
contain in the future, if some undesireable influence
is discovered.

And lastly, it is absolutely unconscionable that our
Food and Drug Administration would even consider
putting these foods on the market without labeling
them so consumers can know what they are eating, and
decide if they want to eat it. Why was food labeling
ever introduced in the first place? Label these foods!

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