From: Carla Phillips [carlaphillips@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 2:14 PM
To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov
Cc: Sharra Lucia (aka Chubbins); Frank Angelo Phillips; Darcy
Subject: Docket Number 98P-0151/CP1

I am a registered voter and I will follow this issue closely.

Why in the world would we want the meat of diseased animals to enter our
food chain?  Let's just think about that for a minute.  From the consumer's
point of view it makes no sense.  What exactly is wrong with the animal?  Do
I really want to eat diseased meat?

From the animal's point of view it is cruel.  I realize that the majority of
people in our culture eat meat.  That does not mean we cannot treat the
animals with some modicum of consideration prior to their destruction.
There is no excuse for cruelty.

I am advised that downed animals comprise a small percentage of animals
slaughtered - prohibiting their marketing should not be a hardship and
perhaps removing the market for these animals with provide an economic
incentive for those who cannot be reached by any other means.

Please grant the petition to prohibit the slaughter of downed animals.

Carla D'Amico Phillips, RN, Esq.
3/14/01