From: KLRIEHM@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 9:30 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: "Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598"


Please count me as one more US citizen who believes it is ESSENTIAL that all 
of our foods be labeled with great accuracy as to any genetic altering.  It 
is criminal enough that we don't know what animals are being fed today before 
we consume their flesh.
Let's not make the mistake of wondering, ten years down the road, WHY we 
didn't insist on knowing what was in food before we consumed it.  We've 
discovered the problems that arise with insufficient testing on drugs.  Food 
is equally, if not moreso, important.

Louisa Riehm
3703 Fairway Lane
Louisville KY 40207