From: mengelm@sufolk.lib.ny.us
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 12:35 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov; execsec@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Petition for testing and mandatory labeling for genetically
engineered foods



RE:	Docket No. 00P-1211/CP1


Dear Commissioner Henney,

THE AMERICA PEOPLE DO NOT WANT GE MODIFIED FOODS, AND THAT 
INCLUDES ME...UNTIL YOU STOP THIS AT LEAST LABEL THEM FOR 
THE PEOPLE IN THE US AS YOU DO FOR OTHER COUNTRIES SO THAT 
WE,TOO HAVE A CHOICE. AT THIE RATE THIS IS GOING I WON'T 
EVEN HAVE THE OPTION OF EATING ORGANIC FOODS AS ALL OF THE 
ORGANIC FARMS WILL BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH THE POLLEN FROM 
THE GE CROPS.  REMEMBER, POLLEN CAN BE CARRIED BY THE WIND, 
BEES, BUTTERFLIES, BATS, BIRDS ETC....

On March 21, 2000, Greenpeace and a 
coalition of over 50 family farm, consumer
and environmental groups joined the Center 
for Food Safety in a petition to the FDA 
demanding the development of a thorough 
pre-market and environmental testing 
regime for genetically engineered foods 
and mandatory labeling of such foods.  I 
am writing for submission to the official 
rulemaking docket (#00P-1211/CP1) in 
support of that action.

As a concerned citizen, I urge the FDA to 
require the labeling and pre-market safety 
testing of genetically engineered foods.  
We have an absolute right to know what is 
in the food that we are purchasing , as 
well as how it was produced. Scientists 
and doctors have warned that these crops 
may have unexpected side-effects in the
diet and the environment, and there is no 
evidence that these foods are safe in the
long-run.

Please take action to ensure that our 
health and environment are not put at
risk.


Sincerely,


Marilin (Meg) E. Engelman 
100 Villa D'est Drive  Apt D7
Coram  NY 11727
mengelm@sufolk.lib.ny.us