Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
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Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingn Capitol Hill400 New Jersey Avenue NW Washington. DC 20001Meeting SummaryOn August 27-28, 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) convened a plenary session of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21). The meeting objective was:• To complete all su Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingbstantive work on a report to USDA addressing the charge to the AC21 from USDA Secretary Thomas vilsack.The AC21 includes representatives of industry,Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
state, and federal government, nongovernmental organizations, and academia: Mr. Russell Redding (Chair). Ms. Isaura Andaluz. Ms. Laura Batcha, Dr. DaAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingchael Funk, Dr. Gregory Jaffe, Dr. Mary-Howell Martens. Mr. Jerome Slocum. Ms. Angela Olsen. Mr. Keith Kisling. Dr. Marty Matlock, Mr. Charles Benbrook, Dr. Josephine (Josette) Lewis, Mr. Lynn Clarkson, Mr. Barry Bushue, and Dr. Latresia Wilson. All members except Dr. Benbrook and Mr. Kemper were in Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting attendance. Mr. Jack Bobo from the Department of state and Ms. Mary Lisa Madell from the Office of the United States Trade Representative attended asAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
ex officio members. Dr. Michael Schechtman participated in the two-day session as the AC21 Executive Secretary and Designated Federal official (DFO).Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingentid=AC21Mair).xml&conter)tidonly=true.http:/Avww.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid*AC21Main.xml&contentidonlv*true .Below is a summary of the proceedings.I.Welcome and Opening Comments1Dr. Schechtman welcomed members of the AC21. the AC21 Chair, ex officio members, members of the public, Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting and any senior officials who may be in attendance. He also welcomed a new ex officio member on the committee from the office of the U.S. Trade RepresAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
entative, Ms. Mary Lisa Madell. who replaces Ms. Sharon Borner. He also noted that there would be time set aside for public comments at 3:15 that day.Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingmbers may speak during the meeting and that those at the meeting to provide public comments need to sign up at the registration table. He indicated that transcripts of this meeting and the meeting summary would be available online at the AC21 webpage, but that it might take a little longer than norm Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingal owing to travel commitments . He requested that those intending to provide public comments give to him a hard copy and an electronic copy of theirAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
remarks, and noted that each commenter will have 5 minutes to speak.Dr. Schechtman reiterated Secretary Vilsack's charge to the committee, namely.1.WhAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingy unintended presence of GE material(s)?2.What would be necessary to implement such mechanisms? That is. what would be the eligibility standard for a loss and what tools and triggers (e.g.. tolerances, testing protocols, etc.) would be needed to verify and measure such losses and determine if claims Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting are compensable?3.In addition to the above, what other actions would be appropriate to bolster or facilitate coexistence among different agriculturalAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
production systems in the United States?He noted that the Secretary had requested that element #3 be worked on after elements 1 and2.but that it had Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingg the past work of its working groups, and described the process that had gone on between the fourth plenary session in May 2012 and the current meeting, including the process of drafting recommendations, soliciting comments from members, sending out a draft “chair's Report," soliciting comments, an Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingd preparing the current draft before the committee.He noted that the AC21 would need to complete all substantive work on a final report over the two dAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
ays of this meeting: there will be no more plenary sessions to complete the report so the substantive issuesneed to be resolved now. in public sessionAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting rather than having been discussed in the plenary session. He noted the main unresolved areas, particularly around the compensation mechanism recommendation and a few other areas, including some definitions that need to be discussed, such as the definition for "coexistence." and described how to int Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingerpret brackets found in the discussion text.He listed the documents provided for AC21 members and the public:•The Federal Register notice announcingAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meeting
this meeting•The provisional meeting agenda•The AC21 Charter•AC21 Bylaws and Operating Procedures•A package of biographical information for each of thAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington on Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAn earlier paper on the subject of coexistence prepared by a previous iteration of this committee.•The revised Chair’s Report, the draft document for discussion at the meeting (provided here as Appendix I).•An annotated version of the previous draft of the chair's Report, showing all the members' co Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary Meetingmments received.•A proposed timeline describing the final steps for completing the work on the report.Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington onAdvisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21* Century Agriculture (AC21) Plenary MeetingAugust 27-28, 2012Columbia Ballroom BHyatt Regency Washington onGọi ngay
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