I implore your agency to require safety testing and labeling for GE foods. The notification policy is deeply inadequate, especially given existing scientific evidence of numerous potential health and environmental risks. These foods could be toxic, most apparantly in the form of allergic responses. They may have lower nutrition value, could compromise consumer's immune responses, and may cause irreparable damage to the environment. They may also be perfectly safe, but without scientific testing, we cannot know.
Consumers have a right to know what they're eating.
It is the critical responsibility of the FDA to demand thorough scientific demonstration of these foods safety. Mandatory labeling is necessary for consumers and health professionals to know if an allergic or toxic reaction is the result of a genetically engineered food. Without it, citizens will be unable to protect their own health, or hold food producers liable. Further, agencies would be unable to moderate disaster, should any of these novel foods prove hazardous. These are serious concerns.