From: Marie [reikiree@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 3:51 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Regarding Genetically Engineered foods

Regarding Genetically Engineered foods .... I agree
with the following:
* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market
comprehensive 
  environmental review. Unlike conventional
pollutants, 
  where a given amount of pollutant causes a limited
amount 
  of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have
a 
  population explosion and reproduce forever, causing 
  unlimited and irreparable damage.

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market long-term
health 
  testing. GE products could be toxic, cause allergic 
  responses, have lower nutritional value, and
compromise 
  immune responses in consumers.

* The FDA must require mandatory labeling of GE
products. 
  Without mandatory labeling, neither consumers nor
health 
  professionals will know if an allergic or toxic
reaction 
  was the result of a genetically engineered food.
Consumers 
  would be deprived of the critical knowledge needed
to hold 
  food producers liable should any of these novel
products 
  be hazardous.

* The FDA must end its cozy relationship with the
industries
  it purports to be regulating. People have been
allowed to 
  work for a biotech company, then work for the FDA
writing the 
  regulatory rules on that company's product, then go
back to
  working for the company.  Ninety-two percent of FDA
advisory 
  committee meetings had at least one conflict of
interest.

Marie I Cochran
1321 SE 19th Street 
Bellevue WA 98005

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