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Your fax to FDA FOIA Oice has succeeded
1 of 1 07/28/2014 01:26 PM
July 28, 2014
FOIA for Records Regarding Michael Taylor
Food and Drug Adinis!ra!ion
Di"ision of Freedo of Infora!ion
Office of !he #$ecu!i"e Direc!or
12420 %ar&la'n Dri"e
#(#M)102*
Roc&"ille, MD 208+,
Tele-hone ./010 ,*1)/*00
Fa$ ./010 82,)*21,
Dear FOIA Officer,
This is a re2ues! under !he Freedo of Infora!ion Ac! .FOIA03 %ursuan! !o !he Freedo of
Infora!ion Ac!, I re2ues! co-ies of all records res-onsi"e !o !his Freedo of Infora!ion Ac! re2ues!,
regardless of fora!, ediu, or -hysical charac!eris!ics, and including elec!ronic records and
infora!ion3 4nder !he Freedo of Infora!ion Ac! legisla!ion, !he Food and Drug Adinis!ra!ion has
20 'or&ing days !o res-ond !o !his re2ues!3 If the Food and Drug Administration fails to properly
respond to this request in 20 working days, it faces possible appeals and litigation.
5-ecifically, I am requesting records regarding ichael !aylor. 6enerally, !hese records can 7e
found between "uly #, 200$ to "uly 2%, 20#&3 On July ,, 200*, !he Food and Drug Adinis!ra!ion8s
'e7si!e announced !ha! Michael Taylor 'as a--oin!ed as 5enior Ad"isor !o !he FDA 9oissioner
.lin& h!!-:;;'''3fda3go";<e's#"en!s;<e'sroo;%ressAnnounceen!s;200*;uc1,08423h! 03
According !o !he Food and Drug Adinis!ra!ion8s 'e7si!e, Michael Taylor 'as =naed de-u!y
coissioner for foods a! !he Food and Drug Adinis!ra!ion .FDA0 in January 2010 .lin&
h!!-:;;'''3fda3go";A7ou!FDA;9en!ersOffices;OfficeofFoods;uc1*1,213h! 03
I am requesting the following records'
13 Fa$es and corres-ondence .le!!ers0 !o and fro Michael Taylor and:
13 Monsan!o
23 %ioneer >i)?red In!erna!ional
/3 5ygen!a A6
43 Do' Agrosciences
+3 ?A5F
13 ?ayer 9ro-science
23 #ails !o and fro Michael Taylor 'i!h &ey'ords:
13 =Monsan!o@
23 =Asgro'@
/3 =Degree ATRA@
43 =De&al7@
+3 =Del!a-ine@
13 =For!anelle@
,3 =6old 9oun!ry 5eed@
83 =>arness@
*3 =>u7ner 5eed@
103 =Jung 5eed 6ene!ics@
113 =Bruger 5eeds@
123 =(aria!@
1/3 =(e'is >y7rids@
143 =R#A >y7rids@
1+3 =5-eciali!y >y7rids@
113 =5!e'ar! seeds@
1,3 =5!one 5eed 6rou-@
183 =Ces!?red@
1*3 =Round)4-@
203 =RT /@
213 =Tri-leFle$@
223 =gly-hosa!e@
2/3 =glufosina!e@
243 =gene!ic odifica!ion@
2+3 =gene!ically odified@
213 =?! corn@
2,3 =?! co!!on@
283 =5!arlin& corn@
2*3 =6M salon@
/03 =7o"ine gro'!h horone@, also &no'n as =?6>@ and =7o"ine soa!o!ro-in@
In order !o hel- !o de!erine y s!a!us !o assess fees, you should &no' !ha! I a a re-resen!a!i"e of !he
ne's edia affilia!ed 'i!h %oli!y <e's, and !his re2ues! is ade as -ar! of ne's ga!hering and no! for a
coercial use3 %oli!y <e's is researching and 'ri!ing an on)going series of ar!icles regarding !he
go"ernen!8s -olicies !o'ard gene!ic odifica!ion3 This Freedo of Infora!ion Ac! re2ues! 'ill
significan!ly con!ri7u!e !o !he -u7lic8s unders!anding of !he 45 go"ernen!8s -olicies !o'ards gene!ic
odifica!ion3 This Freedo of Infora!ion Ac! re2ues! 'ill 7e -u7licly -os!ed online and a"aila7le !o
!he general -u7lic3
As edi!or of %oli!y <e's, I fall into the category ()epresentati*e of the edia+ and I request a full
fee wai*er for all fees including search fees and photocopy fees. Disclosure of !he re2ues!ed
infora!ion !o e is in !he -u7lic in!eres! 7ecause i! is li&ely !o con!ri7u!e significan!ly !o -u7lic
unders!anding of !he o-era!ions and ac!i"i!ies of !he go"ernen! and is no! -riarily in y coercial
in!eres!3
I request an e,pedited re*iew for this Freedom of Information Act request. I a an indi"idual
-riarily engaged in disseina!ing infora!ion, and !his Freedo of Infora!ion Ac! re2ues! is
in!ended !o infor !he -u7lic concerning ac!ual or alleged federal go"ernen! ac!i"i!y3 I affir !hese
s!a!een!s are !rue !o !he 7es! of y &no'ledge3
5incerely,
Rachael Tac&e!!
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