From: bgbrains@earthlink.net
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 2:52 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: What's in your food? (FDA Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598)


Dear Corporate and Government Leaders,

Neither government nor industry is protecting Americans from the risks posed to human health and the environment by genetically engineered (GE) foods. The Food and Drug Administration's "new" policy on GE foods (proposed January 18, 2001) continues to let the biotech industry regulate itself; it fails to require the long-term, pre-market safety testing demanded by independent experts. The "voluntary labeling" guidelines are a wholly inadequate response to the overwhelming public support for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. Therefore, I urge you to keep all genetically engineered ingredients and crops off the market unless:

1) Independent safety testing demonstrates they have no harmful effects on human health or the environment, 

2) They are labeled to ensure the consumer's right-to-know, and 

3) The biotechnology corporations that manufacture them are held accountable for any harms they may cause.


The whole GE idea is diabolical and against nature 
and against our biological needs and requirements.  
How can the government even begin to think about 
allowing such atrocities?  I already know the 
answer: the "Ruler of this World" is really in 
control (John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11).  Even so, 
Uncle Sam still has the capacity to RESIST, but 
will the gov't do so? -- The whole idea of GE is 
grievous indeed to the spirit of honest-hearted 
individuals. -- Remember the commercial of the 
Indian in the canoe in the polluted river, 
shedding the one tear?  That's what I feel like 
righ


Sincerely

B.G. MEYER
1200 Beville Rd., #106
Daytona Beach, Florida 32114-5779