APHIS-ASTA APHIS-ASTA

APHIS- ASTA MeetingAPHIS- ASTA Meeting

Washington DCWashington DC

10 NOVEMBER 200410 NOVEMBER 2004

• 18 JULY 2001

AccreditationsAccreditations

• 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

Accreditations Con’tAccreditations Con’t

– 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

Pending AccreditationsPending Accreditations

• Syngenta Seed Co.

New InitiativesNew 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.

• Treatment Monitoring Initiative – Allow private verification of export treatments

of seed– Standards are still being worked out– 36 months to completion