From: echoboca@gate.net
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:47 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: What's in your food? (FDA Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598)


Dear Corporate and Government Leaders,

Genetically engineered food ingredients or crops should not be allowed on the market until: 

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 responsible for any harm.

We know so little about the long term global effects -lets move slowly, with as much opportunity to discuss and refine our manipulation of the environment as possible.


Sincerely

Elisabeth Hoffman
4307 NW 5th Ave
Boca Raton, FL 33431