From: Center for Food Safety [action@foodsafetynow.org]
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 6:51 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,
 
I am appalled by the inadequacy of the propsed new policies on genetically 
 engineered foods. As a consumer, I believe it is my right to have 
adequate labeling for me to tell whether the product I am purchasing 
contains objectionable material.  I also believe I have a right to food 
that has been thoroughly safety tested to protect me from toxins, allergic 
responses, reduced nutritional value, and other threats.  

"Voluntary labeling" is not adequate. The right to know should be 
considered an established right of consumers, not a gift from producers, 
which can be withheld.  

Should a person allergic to certain products suffer a reaction because a 
producer doesn't want to volunteer?  Or, should that consumer just forgo 
using any products that are not voluntarily labeled, even if this means 
forgoing some products that present no danger and which would be part of a 
normal, healthy diet?   

The proposed policy of voluntary labeling is a disservice to consumers and 
a shirking of the Agency's duty.  Please go back to the drawing board and 
produce something that actually protects consumers and assures our right 
to know.

Sincerely,



Glenn Landers
2460 Fairmount Blvd., Suite C
Cleveland Height, OH, 44106

CC: 
The President
Vice President Dick Cheney
FDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 00N-1396]
Senator Mike DeWine
Senator George Voinovich
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich
Representative Stephanie T. JonesFDA Dockets Management [Docket No. 
00D-1598]


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