From: mitch-brown@webtv.net
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:23 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: ge labeling

a government which hides the truth from its citizens hides the truth
about itself...to know the source of the foods one consumes is a simple
request; the answer as to why this request is denied is far more
complex;  an agency which is mandated to advise and protect its
citizenry which acts on behest of the industry it is mandated to
regulate loses its own credibilty, and thus its own viability. To
legislate the non-labeling of food sources brings into question the
agenda of the fda...who wins, who loses, in such a mandate...For the
sake of the fda's own credibility, own viability, in the eyes of the
citizens it represents,  it is your sworn duty to provide labeling,
allow the citizens the choice; i urge you to provide all the educational
material available, and give the citizens of this country the respect to
form their own educated opportunity fo select their choice of food of
source; i wouldn't want to think you believe the people of this country
are not intelligent enough, nor mature enough, nor worthy enough, of
having that right.

This is not a dialogue on the efficacy of genetically engineered foods,
it is a simple identification of foods which are, and which are not,
genetically modified.