Presentations from the Global Minor Use Summit

Day 1: Current Minor Use Status and Challenges

Goals and Objectives of the Summit
Jerry Baron, Summit Organizing Committee

Current State of Specialty Crop Programs, Initiatives, & Challenges Panel by Regions
Africa — Sandra Keller, South Africa
Asia — Nuansri Tayaputch, Thailand
Australia/Oceania — Peter Dal Santo, Australia
Europe — Susanne Sütterlin, The Netherlands
North America — Dan Kunkel, USA
Latin America — Adriana Velez, Colombia

Presentation on MRL Database
Matthew Lantz

Current State of Specialty Crop Programs, Initiatives, & Challenges Panel by Growers
Wally Ewart, California Citrus Quality Council
Houbin Chen, China Litchi Growers Association
Vivian Powell,Horticulture Development Council, UK
Bernd Holtschulte, International Seed Federation
Enrique Negrete, Mexican Avocado Growers Association

Current State of Specialty Crop Programs, Initiatives, & Challenges Crop Protection Industry
Angel Saavedra, CropLife Latin America
Doug Nelson, CropLife America
David van Hoogstraten, European Crop Care Association

Current State of Specialty Crop Programs, Initiatives, & Challenges Import/Export Business, Food Retailers, Producers, Consumers
Caroline Harris, Exponent
Kristian Möller, EurepGap presented by Peter Ensor

Day 2: Technical Initiatives & Challenges; Cooperation; and Policy Considerations

Thought Starter: Work by the OECD Expert Group on Minor Uses
Sylvie Poret, OECD and
Alan Norden, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

Report From the EPPO Workshop on Mutual Recognition of Minor Uses Berlin, Germany October 2006
Vlasta Zlof, European and MediterraneanPlant Protection Organization

Report on OECD Residue Chemistry Expert Working Group
Michael Kaethner/Raj Bhula

Efficacy and Crop Safety Data Development Issues
David Richardson, Pesticide Safety Directorate

Technical Initiatives and Challenges: Data Generation - Panel Discussion
Africa — Lucy Namu, Kenya
Asia — Yibing He, China
Latin America— Roberto Gonzalez, Chile
Europe— Sonia Barker, EU; Karsten Hohgardt, Germany
Oceania — Kevin Bodnaruk
North America— Ken Campbell, Canada

Crop Protection Industry
Michael Kaethner, CropLife International

Crop Grouping Harmonization Effort
Bernie Schneider, US Environmental Protection Agency
Hong Chen, International Crop Grouping Consulting Committee

Cooperation & Policy Considerations: Presentations by Sectors: Government, Industry, Growers
Global Zoning & Residue Programs —Jeff Herndon, US Environmental Protection Agency

FAO Initiative on Residue Data Sharing and Networking—
Gero Vaagt, FAO

Steps Towards a Harmonised Minor Use Authorisation Procedure in the EU — Peter Watson, European Crop Protection Agency

Global Regulatory Initiative— Lois Rossi, US Environmental Protection Agency

Registrant Considerations in Proposing Global Joint Review/Workshare — Bernhard Johnen, CropLife International

Day 3: Seeking Solutions Break out Recomendations

Group A:Residue Trials/Data Generation

Group B: Mechanisms and Platform for Data Sharing/ Information Sharing; Network; Long-term Training

Group C: MRL Harmonization

Group D: Commodity Groups/Growers

Group E: Regulatory Issues and Initiatives with Focus on Industry Issues

Group F: Efficacy and Crop Safety Data Development

Day 4: Solutions & Future Plans

Recommendations from the Global Minor Use Summit

Days 4 & 5: Training

U.S./Canada/ IR-4 Model GLP Studies

IR-4 Program Overview: History, Collaborations, Future Direction —Jerry Baron, IR-4 Project Executive Director

Residue Programs, Databases, Tolerance Petitions — Dan Kunkel, IR-4 Project Associate Director

GLP Field Trials and Field Data Books — Robin Bellinder, IR-4Field Research Director

GLP Analytical Laboratory Procedures and Report— Pim Larsson-Kovach, IR-4 Analytical Laboratory Director

Quality Assurance Audit Procedure — Tammy White, IR-4 QA Manager

Discussion on Canadian requirement — Ken Campbell, Agriculture and AgFood Canada

Involvement of States in US Minor Crop Registrations —Mary-Ann Warmerdam, California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation

JMPR and CCPR Data Review Procedures
Manufacturer Data Dossiers to JMPR — Caroline A Harris, Exponent

JMPR Review and MRL Recommendations — Arpad Ambrus, JMPR

CCPR Procedures —Jeronimas Maskeliunas, Codex

National and Regional Data Review Procedures
EU MRL Procedures— Francesca Arena, European Commission

Japan MRL Procedures— Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Yasuo Kitamura, Food and Agricultural Materials Inspection Center

U.S. MRL Procedures— Jeff Herndon, US Environmental Protection Agency