From: Aromanet@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 3:08 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Dockets 00N-1396 & 00D-1598

To:     FDA
From:   Katherine Subramanian
        Jeffersonville, PA

This note is to express my alarm about the growing of genetically engineered 
(GE) plants without adequate safeguards and testing before their release into 
the environment and food supply.  Meticulous long-term studies must be done 
before GE seeds and plants become so widespread that the genie cannot be put 
back into the bottle.  And all GE food must be clearly labeled so that 
consumers will be aware of what they are putting into their bodies.

I understand how eager industries are to become involved in GE foods -- but 
greed and the bottom line must not be substituted for caution and common 
sense.