From: NATHAN T WEBBER [timwebber@prodigy.net]
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 11:18 AM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Docket 00N-1396 & Docket 00D-1598

I am writing to support more restriction on genetically engineered products.  There needs to be more consumer approval, and there needs to be more consumer information when these products are distributed.  As a consumer, I personally want to see a label on the shelf, in the store that tells me "Genetically Engineered."  I would like this to be even more clear than the Surgeon General's warning on tobacco products.  I am concerned that these products may be a health risk for humans, or at the very least, have lower nutritional value.  I am also concerned that there is such free-flow between the members of the FDA committees and the companies they are purported to regulate.  This conflict of interest needs to be regulated more clearly.  I would suggest no one be allowed to be on a committee who has worked for one of these companies in private industry for the 5 years before their hire date.  


Thank you.

-- Tim Webber