From: Derek Pulvino [dpulvino@agraus.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:55 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598

To whom it may  concern,

I just wanted to take the opportunity to write you and let you know that I also feel that genetically engineered foods need to be labeled.  For me, the key issue is the right to disclosure, allowing the consumer to know exactly what it is they are purchasing.  If this information is not available, the possibility for tracking down food related problems become very dificult, if not impossible.  So at this point it is my request that these items be labeled, not banned, but communicated.

Derek Pulvino