From: Gfcoopmarx@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 10:51 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: dockets: docket #OOD-1598 and #OON-1396

March 26, 2001

Docket# OOD-1598 and OON-1396

Dear Commissioner Henney:

I am angry.   I want to have a choice whether I buy food that has been 
genetically engineered or not and without mandatory labeling I don't.   The 
only safe food choice for me is organic foods.  I am asking the FDA to 
require mandatory labeling of foods that have genetically engineered 
ingredients. 

I am afraid.   I have asthma and allergies and my health is at stake when I 
do not know what ingredients I am eating.  I have been hospitalized for 
asthma and it is critical that I know what I am eating.  Mandatory labeling 
is the only way I can ensure my health.

There should be independent safety testing that conclusively proves that 
genetically engineered ingredients have no harmful effects on human health or 
the environment.  Without this testing, my health, the health of my family 
and all the other consumers in this country's health is at risk.  And the FDA 
has no idea what effect this technology will have on our food supply and the 
health of the earth.   Pre-market testing must be done.

One of the basic foundations of being a citizen of our country is freedom of 
choice.  I urge the FDA to require mandatory labeling of genetically 
engineered ingredients and mandatory pre-market testing of genetically 
engineered foods.

Thank you for your time.

Ann Carter Marx
524 Cromwell Way
Lexington, KY  40503
859 223-9333