From: niki mcglathery [mcglatheryn@msn.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 7:18 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Cc: action201@sustainableagriculture.net
Subject: Docket No. 00N-1396 & Docket No. 00D-1598 
Docket No. 00N-1396 & Docket No. 00D-1598 
FDA Commissioner, Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305) 
Food and Drug Administration 
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 
Rockville, MD 20852  
Dear Commissioner:

As a consumer who is especially interested in the health of my grandchildren, I am extremely concerned about the safety and visibility of genetically engineered food.  I require the right to know that the food we eat: 

    a.. has been tested and proven safe for the most vulnerable of us, that is, for infants and children and 
    b.. has not harmed the environment nor the workers who grow and process it.
Until such time as those two requirements are fulfilled for genetically engineered food according to strict standards, I require that all genetically engineered food be clearly labeled as such, whether it be fresh produce or as part of processed food.  

Until such time as GE food labeling is mandatory, I require that there be no restrictions on voluntary labeling, either positive or negative.

If genetic engineers and growers of genetically engineered food can prove that they have produced a safe, superior product for the most vulnerable of us, that is, infants and children, then labeling will be to their benefit as well as mine.  

 

Niki J. McGlathery
2134 Yahara Place
Madison, WI 53704
(608) 243-9778
mcglatheryn@msn.com