From: Harry Lewis [hrlusa@qwest.net]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 2:30 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Allowing non-specific labeling of ingredients

It seems to be common practice to allow food manufactures and
distributors to list ingredients in terms which are sometimes too vague
to facilitate healthy choices.

Example: ... "peanut and/or cottonseed oil..."

If I consider peanut oil a healthier choice than cottonseed (which I
do), there is an enormous array of foods which are removed from my
disposal. Or, I choose to eat them, hoping they were made with the
ingredients which I prefer, but not actually knowing.

There are other examples, of course.

I would like to lobby for this behavior to cease! If ingredients are
worth posting, they are worth posting correctly. Otherwise, the label is
not informative, it is misleading. Companies should not mislead their
consumers. Especially when this could lead to bad health choices.

Harry Lewis.
302 Belview Court
Longmont, CO 80501