From: Erin Moore [mooree@ucs.orst.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 3:20 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598

Commissioner Henney,

I am writing to tell you that the new FDA policy concerning Genetically
Engineered Foods is unacceptable. I am very disappointe that the FDA
continues to ignore the safety concerns of consumers and chooses instead
to help the companies developing biotech products. 

The proposed regulations fail to require labels or safety tests on GE
food. There are many potentially harmful effects of GE foods and crops,
about which we know little due to the lack of sufficient testing and
regulation of them.

Americans have a right to make informed decisions about the food we
consume, whether or not the government calls them "substantially
equivalent". I must demand that you change the policy on GE foods to one
that protects the rights of the consumer, not the biotech companies.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Erin M. Moore

514A NW 30th St.
Corvallis, OR 97330