From: M Dickinson [mmd@jps.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 5:52 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598

To whom it may concern at the FDA:
 
I recently heard that you were accepting input regarding labelling etc. of GE (genetically engineered) products.  Following are my comments:
 
I cannot believe that this is even an issue.  It is completely obvious that these products need to labelled as GE products.  When did the freedom to choose get lost in our country?  This is a very serious issue to me.  I have never taken the time like this to comment on any other issue.  
 
Everybody has to consume the food products that are on the market.  We can not make the choice not to eat.  We have the right to know what we are consuming.  Without full disclosure about what is in a product and how it was produced,  the ability to make a choice is essentially eliminiated.
 
Please do what is right.
 
Thank you,
 
Martha Dickinson
8088 Capitola Ave
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
mmd@jps.net