From: billstratton911@aol.com
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:02 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: What's in your food? (FDA Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598)


Dear Corporate and Government Leaders,

Genetically engineered food ingredients or crops should not be allowed on the market until: 

1) Independent safety testing demonstrates they have no harmful effects on human health or the environment, 

2) They are labeled to ensure the consumer's right-to-know, and 

3) The biotechnology corporations that manufacture them are held responsible for any harm.

Bloodletting, tobacco, thalidimide, desert storm were all declared to be safe by the experts.  They were wrong.  So also are they wrong relative to genetically altered food.  "Oops, we made a mistake!" may not work this time


Sincerely

william stratton
1823 forestdale dr.
encinitas, California 91024