From: Michael Potter [administration@edenfoods.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:42 PM To: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov Cc: Sue Becker; Tonya Domurath Subject: downers docket U.S. Food and Drug Administration Dockets Management Branch Docket# 98P-0151/CP1 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Downed Animals and Food for Human Consumption Ladies and Gentlemen: Downed animals should not be introduced into the food chain for human consumption. This practice is an affront to Food Safety and encourages cruelty to animals. The USDA prohibits meat from downed animals in the National School Lunch Program. Please act quickly to protect the rest of the citizens of this country. Michael Potter President Eden Foods, Inc. 701 Tecumseh Road Clinton, Michigan 49236 ph 517 456-7424 fax 517 456-6075 http://www.edenfoods.com