From: JFlory37@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 5:27 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket OOD-1598

I have been greatly distressed at the FDA's chosen position with respect to 
genetically engineered or modified food.  Corporations have no vested 
interest in the safety and long-term health of the American food supply, only 
in short-term economic gain.  It is the FDA's mandate to rein in and make 
accountable these corporations.

I am outraged that the FDA does not require mandatory labeling of all foods 
containing genetically engineered products.  THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM.  
Consumers must be given the clear choice if they so choose not to ingest such 
foods.

Furthermore, should the FDA adopt the proposed rules, it will have shirked 
its duty to the American public it is charged to protect.  Not only do the 
proposed rules fail to acknowledge the potential for financial losses for the 
American farmer by losing EU markets, but your proposed rules ignore 
mandatory basic pre-market human safety and ecological testing. Longterm 
health concerns likewise are not addressed by this lack of mandatory testing.

Show your comittment to a safe food supply for current and future generations 
by moving cautiously, prudently, wisely in your proposed regulations for a 
new and potentially unpredictable technology.

James Flory
Dayton, Virginia