From: stoikov [sshirzad@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:45 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS ARE DANGEROUS

DEAR SIR/MADAM:
I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH THE DANGERS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD SUBSTANCES.
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT I BELIEVE THAT GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS MUST BE CAREFULLY CONTROLLED.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED BY EITHER FARM-ANIMALS OR HUMANS. 
THERE ARE NO STUDIES THAT PROVE THESE SUBSTANCES TO BE SAFE.
PROPOSED STUDIES TO PROVE THE DANGER/SAFETY OF THESE SUBSTANCES, IF THEY WERE POSSIBLE TO CONDUCT, WOULD TAKE GENERATIONS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF GENES.
FURTHERMORE, ANY PROPOSED STUDIES WOULD NOT BE VALID BECAUSE LABORATORY STUDIES AND STUDIES ON ANIMALS WOULD NOT PROVE EFFECTS ON HUMAN BEINGS.
IF WE CONTINUE RELEASING THESE SUBSTANCES INTO THE FOOD CHAIN, WE WOULD BE USING THE GENERAL POPULATION AS GUINEA PIGS IN AN EXPERIMENT THAT WOULD BE IRREVERSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
SINCERELY,
SHERRY SHIRZAD