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National Conference/Workshop Announcements of Interest to the Western IPM CenterIR-4/USDA Crop Grouping Symposium on October 7-8, 2002 in Arlington, VirginiaIR-4 Project Web site with latest information on symposium When: October 7-8, 2002 Where: Hilton Crystal City at National Airport Hotel Tel: 703-418-6800 Who: State, Federal and individual crop researchers/specialists, and regulatory food safety specialists including IR-4, EPA, FDA, USDA, University, Crop Protection Industry,and U.S. and international personnel interested in crop grouping regulations and food safety. Cost: $100 registration fee. How to Register: Schedule for October 7 and 8, 2002: October 7, 2002 (Monday) Topics of interest include:
Evening: Reception and Potential Round Table Discussions October 8, 2002 (Tuesday) 8:30 am -6:00 pm — Breakout Session Workgroups and Breaks (The Breakout Session Workgroups will be arranged by crop groups, as noted below for discussion and validation purposes.) We plan to have 5 workgroups in the morning breakout session and 5 workgroups in the afternoon breakout session.
Title: IR-4/USDA Crop Grouping Symposium Subtitle: Crop Group Expansion to include orphan minor crops and international harmonization Place: Hilton Crystal City at National Airport Arlington, Virginia Date: October 7 and 8, 2002, in conjunction with the 39th IR-4 Annual Meeting October 9-10, 2002 IR-4 is sponsoring a Crop Grouping Symposium to propose the expansion of the established EPA crop groups (40 CFR 180.41). The concept is to include many orphan minor crops (both domestic and imported) in the established groups and subgroups and to propose new crop groups, e.g., oilseed, tropicals, etc. and subgroups, e.g. small grains, tropical edible peel, etc. Also the international harmonization of these and other new crop groups will be an important aspect of the process. The timing is right to utilize the crop background knowledge of our IR-4 personnel and our cooperators in Canada, Mexico, plant protection industry, etc. for the expansion of regulatory crop groups and subgroups, including the Codex Classification. We plan to ask participants to provide lists of orphan crops to include scientific and common names, portion consumed and suggested crop groups/subgroups placement. Historical Perspective on Crop Grouping and Current StatusPrevious to regulatory crop groupings, tolerances were established on individual commodities, which made registrations of pest control agents on minor crops unlikely. In 1971, the first edition of the Food and Feed Crops of the United States (Magness, J.R., G.M. Markle, and C.C. Compton, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 828 and IR-4/USDA Bulletin No. 1) was published. This reference was the first attempt to classify all commercial food and feed crops grown in the United States based on a crop grouping scheme which depended on similar botanical characteristics and cultural practices. The "Duggan Classification" utilized the first edition of the Food and Feed Crops of the United States as its primary reference. The Duggan Classification report completed by Reo Duggan and M. Bonner Duggan was also utilized by both Codex to establish the original Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds (CAC/PR 1-1978), and by the U.S. to develop the EPA Crop Grouping Regulation in 1983. The 1983 crop group regulation expanded the number of crop groups to 19 specific groups, and used the concept of representative commodities for each crop group that would typically have the highest residues or were the most economically important commodities in the crop group. In 1995 the EPA Crop Grouping Regulation (60 Federal Register, No. 95, 5/17/95, and 40 CFR 180.41), added more commodities and introduced the concept of Crop Subgroups, which are smaller, more closely related groups of commodities within a crop group with similar growth characteristics and residue potential. The U.S. Crop Grouping has nineteen Crop Groups and 18 Crop Subgroups. Canada has adopted the U.S. Crop Grouping system and included an additional Crop Group on oilseeds, which is currently under review by the U.S., and both systems are harmonized for tolerance purposes. Mexico has proposed to adopt the U.S. Crop Grouping system. We are working to harmonize international crop groups, commodity terminology, and scientific names throughout the world. Note: A Proceedings will be published and used as the crop grouping proposal that will be submitted to US EPA for consideration as a final rule. The Proceedings will contribute to regulatory, marketing, investment and research decisions that will advance food safety and harmonization over the years. Reference: Food and Feed Crops of the United States by Markle, Baron, and Schneider Attachment: Registration Form IR-4 Website Issue 2-14-02 http://www.cook.rutgers.edu/~ir4 REGISTRATION FORMIR-4/USDA CROP GROUPING SYMPOSIUM
Workgroups Please specify your first and second choices in rank order
REGISTRATION FEE is $100.00. Limited space is available. Please register early. Registration by September 1, 2002 is required in order to receive complete meeting materials to review in advance. Please complete this form and return w/check to: Cheryl Ferrazoli Please return Registration Form with $100 check (payable to IR-4) by Sept. 1, 2002 02/11/02 |
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 Western Integrated Pest Management CenterPest Management Centers are sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service |
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