LETTERS

Reader says AMA was misquoted
I am writing to respond to the Back Page, written by George L. Blackburn, M.D., entitled “Feeding 9 Billion People—A Job for Food Technologists” in the June 2001 issue of Food Technology (p. 106).

Dr. Blackburn states in the fourth paragraph of his article: “The American Medical Association recently endorsed biotechnology’s human and environmental safety.” With all due respect, I must inform you the editor, the author Dr. Blackburn, and the readers of Food Technology …