From: robmeans@aol.com
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 11:24 AM
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.

Monsanto has bet the company on GMOs.  Anything they say in support of GMOs is therefore suspect as being totally self-interested.

The least that the U.S. Government should do is require labeling of GMO-containing products.


Sincerely

Rob Means
1421 Yellowstone Avenue
Milpitas, California 95035-6913