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Subject: Website for Direct Comments to the FDA!
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:36:37 -0400
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Hey Everyone -
Could you please post this as far and wide as possible! We need to deluge
the FDA!
Thanks,
Joe Mendelson
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Demand the mandatory pre-market safety testing and labeling of genetically
engineered foods.
Submit your written comments to the FDA demanding the
mandatory labeling and pre-market safety testing of genetically engineered
foods by visiting http://www.foodsafetynow.org
This website sends your comments directly to the FDA as well CC's your
comments (for those of you in the US) directly to your senators, reps. and
VP Gore.
Written comments due by January 13, 2000!
On October 25, 1999, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that
they will be holding public hearings and soliciting public comments
concerning the government's genetically engineered food policy. Please let
the government know what you think by submitting comments before January 13,
2000!
Currently, at least 44 different genetically engineered foods are being sold
without labeling or being subject to mandatory pre-market safety testing.
These genetically engineered foods are reported to be present in a number of
mass consumed food products from major soy-based baby formulas to some of
the most popular corn chip brands.
Because of the FDA's failure to require labeling, millions or American
infants, children and adults are consuming genetically engineered products
each day without their knowledge. Individuals with ethical or religious
dietary principles are unwittingly consuming foods which contain genes from
other species. And those with food allergies have no way of knowing whether
they are consuming novel foods with potentially new allergens.
The government's current failure to require the pre-market safety testing of
genetically engineered foods raises serious concerns about the health
impacts of these novel foods. Even the FDA's own scientists have state that
"undesirable effects such as increased levels of known naturally occurring
toxicants, appearance of new, not previously identified toxicants, increased
capability of concentrating toxic substances from the environment (e.g.,
pesticides or heavy metals), and undesirable alterations in the levels of
nutrients may escape [plant] breeders attention unless genetically
engineered plants are evaluated specifically for these changes." Yet, the
agency requires no mandatory safety testing before a genetically engineered
food comes to market!
TELL THE FDA TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF OUR FOOD AND DEMAND YOUR RIGHT TO
KNOW!
Submit your written comments to the FDA demanding the
mandatory labeling and pre-market safety testing of genetically engineered
foods by visiting http://www.foodsafetynow.org