From: Dwquiltgirl@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:52 AM
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.


I think that all food that is consumed by people need to be labeled to what is in it. Tested to be safe. I don't beleive in Genetically Engineered food, I feel that messing with nature is wrong. And that these company's need to be responible food what they put on the market.


Sincerely

Dana Webb
Rt3 box 65A
KIngfisher, Oklahoma 73750