From: David Galko [buster_q@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 1:04 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: re: dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598

Dear Commissioner Henney,

The proposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
regulations fail to require labels or safety tests on
genetically engineered (GE) food. The new rules
continue to deny Americans the right to know what is
in our food, while protecting the economic interests
of biotech corporations.

Labeling GE foods would protect the public from
potential health effects that could only be traced if
GE foods can be identified. By refusing to require
both labeling and mandatory safety testing of foods,
the FDA puts consumer's health at risk, and ignores
the recommendations of the Biotechnology Consultative
Forum, who in December urged the US to require
mandatory labeling of GE foods.

I urge you to reconsider this proposal and insure that
GE foods are subject to pre-market testing and
labeling. Americans have a right to make informed
decisions about the food we consume.  

In addition, I think your ruling that GE foods are
"substantially equivalent" to real foods is insane.  I
have seen nothing to date to justify this decision and
I would be thrilled if you could provide me with the
documents and reasoning that back it up. 

Sincerely,

David Galko
29 Lapidge Apt. 1
San Francisco, CA 94110


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