From: Center for Food Safety [action@foodsafetynow.org]
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:26 PM
To: FDA Commissioner
Cc: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov; president@whitehouse.gov;
vice.president@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Remove rBGH from the market!

FDA Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane
Room 1061 (HFA-305)
Rockville, MD 20852

RE: Docket No. 98P-1194

Dear FDA:

On January 19, 1999, the Center for Food Safety and numerous other 
 organizations and individuals filed a legal petition with the Food and 
Drug Administration (FDA) asking that the approval of genetically 
engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH) (also known as rBST or Posilac®) 
be withdrawn.  As a concerned citizen, I am writing to request that you 
immediately remove rBGH from the market.

We have a fundamental expectation that the FDA will act to protect the 
American public by ensuring the safety and quality of our food supply.  I 
find it particularly appalling that the FDA allows rBGH on the market even 
though Canada and the European Union refuse to approve this dangerous 
product because of the clear findings of potential risk.
It is my understanding that the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act mandates that 
evidence of imminent health hazards caused by animal drugs,  such as those 
revealed about rBGH,  require the FDA to withdraw such products from the 
market.
I support the Center for Food Safety and other organizations that have 
filed a legal petition seeking that the FDA fulfill this legal obligation.

I request that you please take immediate action to remove this potentially 
hazardous product from the market.

Sincerely,
Carrie F. Knox



Carrie F. Knox
587 Red Rock Ranch
Red Rock, Tx, 78662

CC: 
FDA Dockets Management Branch, docket 98P-1194
President Bush
Vice President Cheney
Senator Phil Gramm
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Representative Ron Paul

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