From: Léonard Stein [lstein@vtx.ch]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 3:47 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: GE : testing and labelling

Dear Sir or Madam,

I wish to strongly emphasize the need for mandatory testing and detailed
labeling of genetically modified foods.
Serious dangers exist for individual health as well as ecological balance,
as any educated person will know. Purely commercial interests should not
take precedence over the precautionary principle and the right of consumers
to know what they are eating.
It is very important that FDA policy represents the interests and the will
of most consumers.

Sincerely,
Leonard Stein
high school teacher and adult educator
Washington state