From: loganro@earlham.edu
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:21 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: genetically engineered crops

To whom it may concern,

I am writing with comments regarding policies with Genetically engineered 
crops. I am deeply concerned with the patterns that have been established in 
the United States with unregulated marketing of GE products. I would like to 
see a more conservative approach taken with the marketing of these products. 
As a consumer I would like to know what I am eating- labeling them as a GE 
product, and encouraging further research to determine the effects that these 
crops may have on the body is crucial. Please consider the following:

The FDA should require mandatory pre-market comprehensive environmental 
review.Unlike conventional pollutants where a given amount of pollutant 
causes a limited amount of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have 
population explosion and reproduce forever, causing unlimited and irreparable 
damage. 

The FDA should require mandatory pre-market long-term health testing. GE 
products could be toxic, cause allergic responces,have lower nutritional 
value, and compromise immune responses in consumers. 

The FDA should require mandatory labeling of GE products.  Without mandatory
labeling, neither consumers nor health professionals will know if an allergic 
or toxic reaction was the result of a genetically engineered food. Consumers 
would be deprived of the critical knowledge needed to hold food producers 
liable should any of these novel products be hazardous. 
                                   
                                    Many thanks for your time, Sincerely,
                                                          Rosemary Logan
loganro@earlham.edu

55 Tonowanda
Flagstaff, AZ
         86001