From: Ferdene Chin-Yee [ferdene@usa.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 1:54 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598. 

Dear Commissioner Henney,

The proposed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations fail to
require labels or safety tests on genetically engineered (GE) food. The
new rules continue to deny Americans the right to know what is in our
food, while protecting the economic interests of biotech corporations &
manufacturers in the food industry who use genetically engineered
products.

Labeling GE foods would protect the public from potential health effects
that could only be traced if GE foods can be identified. By refusing to
require both labeling and mandatory safety testing of foods, the FDA
puts consumer's health at risk, and ignores the recommendations of the
Biotechnology Consultative Forum, who in December urged the US to
require mandatory labeling of GE foods.

I urge you to reconsider this proposal and insure that GE foods are
subject to pre-market testing and labeling.  We are all consumers and we
should have the option to make informed decisions about the food we
consume.

Sincerely,

Ferdene Chin-Yee