From: Bill Murphy [onaplane@pacbell.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 7:34 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598

Despite consumer concern and demand, the FDA has failed to require
health and ecological safety testing as well as mandatory labeling of
genetically modified foods.  As with other product labeling, the public
has a right to know what it is consuming.

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market comprehensive environmental
review before introduction into the food chain.

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market long-term health testing on humans.

* The FDA must require mandatory labeling of all GE products.

A number of other countries have found this type of food manipulation
questionable enough to ban it altogether, despite its potential for
good.  GMO's should never have been allowed into the public food supply
without first assessing any potential negative impact and informing
consumers.  US citizens, who must entrust their welfare in this case to
the FDA, were offered neither a choice nor a hearing about this highly
controversial issue.  Thus, I must respectfully and emphatically request
that the FDA immediately exercise the same due diligence and effort
toward discovery and regulation of genetically engineered foods as it
has toward tobacco, in the name of public health and safety.

Sincerely,

William Murphy