Guest guest Posted February 22, 2001 Report Share Posted February 22, 2001 FDA PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON FOODS DERIVED FROM BIOTECH. THE SECOND PUBLIC MEETING will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 pm, Wednesday, MARCH 7. 2001. It will be held in Room 1409, Federal Office Building 8, Food and Drug Administration, 200 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20204. To submit COMMENTS or to receive copies of DOCUMENTS ON THE AGENDA (SAMPLE LETTER attached after the News Release). Please contact : FSIS Docket Room, Docket #01-004N, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102 Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. The documents are available electronically at http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/ECONOMIC/esn/codex/ccfbt2/bt101_01e.h tm ================================= News Release : Food Safety and Inspection Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250-3700 News Release Carol Blake (202) 720-9113 (in USA ) Jason Waggoner (202) 720-9113 (in USA ) Public Meetings To Address Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force On Foods Derived From Biotechnology Agenda WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2001- Issues on the agenda for the second session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived From Biotechnology will be discussed at two public meetings Feb. 13 and March 7. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are co-sponsoring the public meetings. Codex established the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived From Biotechnology to develop standards, guidelines, or recommendations, for foods derived from biotechnology or traits introduced into foods by biotechnology, on the basis of scientific evidence, risk analysis and having regard to other legitimate factors relevant to the health of consumers and the promotion of fair trade practices. The second session of the task force will meet March 25-29 in Chiba, Japan. The first PUBLIC MEETING will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, and the SECOND PUBLIC MEETING will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 7. Both meetings will be held in Room 1409, Federal Office Building 8, Food and Drug Administration, 200 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20204. To submit COMMENTS or to receive copies of DOCUMENTS on the agenda, contact the FSIS Docket Room, Docket #01-004N U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102 Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. The documents are available electronically at http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/ECONOMIC/esn/codex/ccfbt2/bt101_01e.h tm Codex seeks to ensure that the world's food supply is sound, wholesome, free from adulteration, and correctly labeled. This goal is pursued by promoting the adoption and implementation by governments of food standards, codes of practice, and other guidelines developed by Codex countries. Persons requiring a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should notify Patrick Clerkin, tel. (202) 205-7760, fax: (202) 720-3157. # NOTE: Access news releases and other information at the FSIS Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov For Further Information, Contact: FSIS Congressional and Public Affairs Staff Phone: (202) 720-9113 (in USA ) Fax: (202) 690-0460 (in USA ) (Source of the information: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/news/2001/ccfbt0212.htm ============================== SAMPLE LETTER : (NOTE: Please write your own letter if you can. The following sample letter is only a reference for you since we are not the expert on this issue.) RE: Docket #01-004N FSIS docket room, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 102 Cotton Annex, 300 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700. Dear FSIS, We would like to urge you to 1: CLEARLY LABEL ALL OF THE GENETIC ENGINEERING FOODS ON EVERY SHELF . 2: WE ALSO URGE YOU TO PROHIBIT THE SELLING OF GENETIC ENGINEERING FOODS . Just like Monsanto's Genetic Engineering Bovine Growth Hormone which is NOT allowed to be labeled on any of the milk bottle by FDA. (See Reference # 6 ) Numerous cancer specialists have identified BGH is highly possible causing " BREAST CANCER " , even " Prostate Cancer " . (see Reference # 5) This year 2001, there will be 200,000 new cases for just " Breast Cancer " alone , according to American Cancer Society predicts recently . (see Reference # 7 ) As a leading scientist in the world John Hagelin has excellent analysis on GE food on his web site . He said Genetic engineering is the largest food experiment in the history of the WORLD . We are all the guinea pigs. 60-70% of the foods on our grocery shelves contain genetically engineered (GE) components. (See Reference # 2 ). One of the numerous of GE food side effects can KILL -- 37 people died, 1500 were partially paralyzed, and 5000 more were temporarily disabled by a syndrome that was finally linked to tryptophan made by genetically-engineered bacteria. (see Reference # 2 ) For the sake of the HEALTH of the entire human specie, again, please STOP and PROHIBIT the selling of Genetic Engineering foods. At least , it must have big and clear label on every item of the Genetic Engineering foods on every shelf across the world. We would be grateful to you for your kindness, and help. Sincerly yours, (your name, Address, City, State, Country.) P.S. : Important References : 1: http://www.pcrm.org/magazine/GM00SpringSummer/GM00SpSum10.html 2: http://www.safe-food.org/-issue/dangers.html http://www.safe-food.org/ 3: http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,431743,00.html 4: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\Guardian Unlimited Special reports Ssssh! Don't mention GM.htm 5: http://www.preventcancer.com by Dr. Samuel Epstain, Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition . http://www.pcrm.org Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine. Chairman Dr. Neal Bernard. 6: Los Angeles Times : A Needless New Risk of Breast Cancer . March 20, 1994 By Dr. Samuel S. Epstein. 7: http://dailynews./h/nm/20010104/sc/health_cancer_dc_1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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