From: adt [adt@organic.org.zm]
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 2:26 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D1598

Dear Commissioner Henney,

The proposed Food And Drug Administration (FDA) regulations fail to require labels or safety tests on genetically engineered food.  The new reuls continue to deny Americans the right to know what is in our food, while protecting the econonic interests of biotech corporations.

Lebeling genetically engineered foods would protect the public from potential health effects that could only be traced if genetically engineered foods can be identified.  By refusing to require both labeling and mandatory safety testing of foods, the FDA puts consumer's health at risk, and ignores the recommendations of the Biotechnology Consultative Forum, who in December urged  the US to require mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods.

I urge you to reconsider this proposal and insure that genetically engineered foods are subject to pre-market testing and labeling.  Americans have a right to make informed decisions about the food we consume.

Sincerely,

Anne D. Turner, Ph.D.
Ithaca, N.Y.