1. APHIS-ASTA APHIS- ASTA Meeting Washington DC 10 NOVEMBER 2004

2. 18 JULY 2001

3. 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

4. Accreditations 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

5. Pending Accreditations Syngenta Seed Co.

6. 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.

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