From: Path of Peace [popeace@aeroinc.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:15 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: re: dockets . 00N-1396 and 00D-1598

        Dear FDA,

    I feel it is the duty of the FDA to require food manufacturers and
processors to list 
the ingredients in their food products, and this most certainly includes
clear and 
complete information on genetically manipulated food ingredients.
    Voluntary compliance is woefully insufficient.  As a regulating agency
employed by 
the citizens of this nation, you must fulfill your obligation and provide
consumers with 
the information needed to make their own choices.  Failure to regulate the GMO 
industry is a dangerous and growing threat to American consumers and erodes the 
confidence in their government.
    Require complete labeling of genetically manipulated ingredients
immediately.  
Anything less would be a sham and a crime.

    Martin Hippie