From: Pterry8@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 5:08 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: "Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598
Dear People of the FDA: 

Please be aware of the following desires passed on to you to act on: 

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market comprehensive 
  environmental review. Unlike conventional pollutants, 
  where a given amount of pollutant causes a limited amount 
  of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have a 
  population explosion and reproduce forever, causing 
  unlimited and irreparable damage. 

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market long-term health 
  testing. GE products could be toxic, cause allergic 
  responses, have lower nutritional value, and compromise 
  immune responses in consumers. 

* The FDA must require mandatory labeling of GE products. 
  Without mandatory labeling, neither consumers nor health 
  professionals will know if an allergic or toxic reaction 
  was the result of a genetically engineered food. Consumers 
  would be deprived of the critical knowledge needed to hold 
  food producers liable should any of these novel products 
  be hazardous. 

* The FDA must end personal relationships with the industries 
  it purports to be regulating which cause conflict of interest. 
 People have been allowed to 
  work for a biotech company, then work for the FDA writing the 
  regulatory rules on that company's product, then go back to 
  working for the company.   Ninety-two percent of FDA advisory 
  committee meetings had at least one conflict of interest. 

Your attention is very much appreciated for the good of the people and the 
environment. 

Peggy  Lewis Terry 
136-A Governors View Road 
Asheville, NC 28805-2350 
Telephone:  828-298-2874 
Email:  pterry8@aol.com 
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