APHISASTA

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APHIS-ASTA

• APHIS- ASTA Meeting
• Washington DC
• 10 NOVEMBER 2004

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• 18 JULY 2001

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Accreditations

• 9 Entities accredited
• 4 Crop Improvement Associations
• Idaho CIA Field Inspection
• Indiana CIA Field Inspection
• Nebraska CIA Field Inspection
• Illinois CIA Field Inspection
• 2 Private Seed Testing Entities
• Prifessional Seed Research Seed Health Testing
• California Seed And Plant Laboratory Seed Health
  Testing

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Accreditations Cont

• 2 Seed Companies
• Pioneer Seed Company Seed Health Testing, Field
  Inspection, Sampling, Visual Inspection
• Seminis Inc, Seed Testing
• 1 Public Laboratory
• Iowa State University Laboratory Seed Health
  Testing

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Pending Accreditations

• Syngenta Seed Co.

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New Initiatives

• Amend 7 CFR353.8
• Require all Seed Health Testing Laboratories to
  be accredited
• Work plan is being written up.
• 18-24 months to complete.

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• Treatment Monitoring Initiative
• Allow private verification of export treatments
  of seed
• Standards are still being worked out
• 36 months to completion