From: LloydPatten@cs.com Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:43 PM To: OC EXECSEC Subject: Food Safety As a member of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, I urge you to invest more resources to ensure that: food labels completely and accurately list the presence of all known food allergens, including those used in flavorings food manufacturers adopt measures to prevent the unintentional contamination of their products with undeclared food allergens food manufacturers include a toll-free telephone number on their labels that consumers can call for more information about ingredients. From: Lloyd L. Patten 6266 Woodcrest Drive Mobile, Al. 36608 LloydPatten@cs.com