From: jac@computer.net
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:21 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: What's in your food? (FDA Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598)


Dear Corporate and Government Leaders,

Neither government nor industry is protecting Americans from the risks posed to human health and the environment by genetically engineered (GE) foods. The Food and Drug Administration's "new" policy on GE foods (proposed January 18, 2001) continues to let the biotech industry regulate itself; it fails to require the long-term, pre-market safety testing demanded by independent experts. The "voluntary labeling" guidelines are a wholly inadequate response to the overwhelming public support for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. Therefore, I urge you to keep all genetically engineered ingredients and crops off the market unless:

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 accountable for any harms they may cause.


Not only do I want to avoid putting any GMO crap in my body, I will continue to tell others about the long term health and environmental risks associated with GMO products, I can't even give them credit for being "foods".

Those producting GMO's in any form should be held legally liable for any and all harm caused by them.  The problem is that the harm will far exceed what the producers could possibly pay for.  Much of the harm may be irreversible, short of another ice age.

Now with the Internet and e-mail, the public will hopefully become informed and market demand for all GMO products will dwindle, and market pressure will make GMO products unsaleable.


Sincerely

John Crockett
24 Sol Drive
Carmel, New York 10512