From: amalmanger@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:41 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: What's in your food? (FDA Dockets 00N-1396 and 00D-1598)


Dear Corporate and Government Leaders,

Neither government nor industry is protecting Americans from the risks posed to human health and the environment by genetically engineered (GE) foods. The Food and Drug Administration's "new" policy on GE foods (proposed January 18, 2001) continues to let the biotech industry regulate itself; it fails to require the long-term, pre-market safety testing demanded by independent experts. The "voluntary labeling" guidelines are a wholly inadequate response to the overwhelming public support for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. Therefore, I urge you to keep all genetically engineered ingredients and crops off the market unless:

1) Independent safety testing demonstrates they have no harmful effects on human health or the environment, 

2) They are labeled to ensure the consumer's right-to-know, and 

3) The biotechnology corporations that manufacture them are held accountable for any harms they may cause.


I am so mad about the recent press release regarding Morningstar Farms corndogs and the possible finding of Starlink in the corn.  I thought I was doing something good for my kids by sidestepping the preservatives in hot dogs.  I've been encouraging others to try this product and beginning to purchase other Morningstar products.  I feel I've been lied to and deceived.  I won't buy your products any longer and may well make the decision to go entirely organic.  I'd at least like to have known from reading the labeling on the package what I was buying so I could assume the responsibility of the potential risk of genetically engineered foods.  Please consider labeling your products so others can make the decision themselves of what they will eat.  I am disgusted with Kelloggs and the refusal to at least label.  I, for one, am done with any product that you may produce.
Alice Malmanger


Sincerely

Alice Malmanger
1435 SW 151st Street
Burien, Washington 98166