From: Joel B. Sokolsky [jsokol@jps.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1:44 AM
To: OC EXECSEC
Subject: Make it Easy for Consumers to Identify Food Allergens

To the FDA Commissioner:

As a member of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, I urge you
to invest more resources to ensure that:

a. Food labels completely and accurately list the presence of all known
allergens, including those used in flavorings;
b. Food manufacturers adopt measures to prevent the unintentional
contamination of their products with undeclared food allergens; and
c. Food mnufacturers include a toll-free telephone number on their
labels that consumers can call for more information about ingredients.

Thank you.

Sincerely

Joel B. Sokolsky  (jsokol@jps.net)
1611 Castle Hill Rd.
Walnut Creek CA  94595-2310