From: Kristen Benney [kbenney@eagnet.com]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 10:37 AM
To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov

To: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Dockets Management Branch
From: Kristen Benney, 116 Rising Mist Way, Kingsland, GA 31548

    I am writing to urge the FDA to prohibit the slaughter of downed
animals 
(Docket number 98P-0151/CP1).  The current practice (allowing downed 
animals to be slaughtered) it is both inhumane and unhealthy.  Animals that
cannot walk suffer for hours without food or water in hopes that they will
still be alive at slaughter time.
    Prohibiting the slaughter of downed animals may help keep unsafe meat
products from entering the market.  It may also lead to safer transport of
animals in order to prevent injuries which might cause an animal to become
non-ambulatory.
     The marketing of downed animals is an unacceptable practice and I
encourage you to act to prohibit it immediately.
     Sincerely,
     Kristen Benney