From: nanlou [nanlou@fea.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 12:53 AM
To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket #98P-0151/CP1




> Please support the petition currently before the FDA to prohibit the slaughter of
> 'downed' animals.  Docket # 98P-0151/CP1
>
>      Animals injured or too sick to even stand should not enter the human food chain due to
> the
> increased risk of bacterial contamination and evidence that some downed
> cows may even be afflicted with a form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
> "Mad Cow Disease".   Downed animals comprise a  very small percentage of animals
> slaughtered,
> and prohibiting their marketing would cause no undue economic hardship.

Thank you
Nancee Noel

>