From: Center for Food Safety [action@foodsafetynow.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 4:52 PM
To: FDA Commissioner
Cc: president@whitehouse.gov; vice.president@whitehouse.gov;
fdadockets@oc.fda.gov; fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Oppose the New FDA Regulations on GE Foods!

FDA Commissioner 
Dockets Management Branch (HFA 305)
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fisher's Lane, rm. 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

RE: Docket No. 00N-1396, and 00D-1598

Dear FDA,

What were you thinking?  The FDA is supposed to work for the consumer not 
 the companies that make the food.
 
I am outraged by your new policies on genetically engineered (GE) foods. 
Despite overwhelming consumer demand, your agency still fails to require 
safety testing and mandatory labeling for GE foods. How many people have 
to get sick before you'll take this seriously?

The “voluntary labeling” policy is a joke!  Without mandatory labeling, 
neither consumers nor health professionals will know if an allergic or 
toxic reaction was the result of a genetically engineered food. I want to 
know what's in the food I eat!  Do you really think these companies will 
voluntarily admit they've altered food?

If even one person dies because of your misguided declaration, how will 
you ever live with your decision?  Force the food industry to fully 
disclose the ingredients and allow the consumer to choose whether they 
will purchase the product. 

I will not accept your attempt to make me a guinea pig of these untested 
foods, and I trust you will take my concern along with the thousands of 
others into serious consideration.


Sincerely,



Eileen Fournier
617 Loch Alsh Ave
Ambler, PA, 19002

CC: 
The President
Vice President Dick Cheney
FDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 00N-1396]
Senator Arlen Specter
Senator Rick Santorum
Representative James C. Greenwood
Representative Joseph HoeffelFDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 00D-1598]


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