Summary Table – Proposed Policy Amendments and Resolutions Submitted for NASDA’s Annual Meeting, September 2004

Policy Amendments:

No.	Submitted By:	Subject:	Description	Committee Referral	Recommend-ation	Final Action
1	Dairy Division of NASDA	Dairy Product Safety	Amend 4.6 “State Food Inspection Programs” to require inspection of individual plants and farms by FDA or FDA-certified firms or determination by FDA that the country that the product is being shipped from has an adequate inspection program.	Food Regulation & Nutrition
2	Peter Hofherr	Disaster Situations	Amend 12.8 “Farm Income and Production Stability” to give USDA authorization to deploy disaster liaisons to coordinate appropriate resources within USDA and other agencies.	Rural Development & Financial Security
3	Charles Kuperus	Uniform Standards	Amend 15.4 “Develop National Food and Agriculture Industry Protection Strategy” to include recognition of the importance of uniform standards of the sale and control of ammonium nitrate, urea and other fertilizer products which can be used in the creation of explosive devices.	Food & Agriculture Security Task Force
4	Roger Johnson	FIFRA Preemption of State Consumer Laws	Add a new subsection 9.13 “FIFRA Preemption of State Consumer Laws” to urge EPA to rescind its policy of preempting state consumer protection laws.	Natural Resources & Pesticide Management
5	Charles Hartke	Warehouse Regulation	Amend 12.9 “Producer Security” to urge USDA to adopt a web-based electronic warehouse receipts system.	Rural Development & Financial Security

Formation of a National Food/Agriculture Laboratory Committee

Summary Table – Proposed Action Items Submitted for NASDA’s Annual Meeting, September 2004

Action Items:

No.	Submitted By:	Subject:	Description	Committee	Action
A	SASDA/National Plant Board	Funding for Invasive Species Research Programs	Supports the President’s FY 2005 budget request for an increase of $1 million dollars in funding for the systematics research programs included as part of the USDA-ARS invasive species initiative at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.	Animal & Plant Industries
B	SASDA/National Plant Board	Tropical Soda Apple	Supports increased funding and support of the Southern Regional Memorandum of Understanding to Control Tropical Soda Apple.	Animal & Plant Industries
C	SASDA	Coyote Control	Urges Wildlife Services to fund an adequate predator control program to control coyotes and diseases of which coyotes are hosts.	Animal & Plant Industries
D	SASDA	Bakanae Quarantine	Urges APHIS to include Bakanae as a pest to be requlated through quarantine and other restrictive actions.	Animal & Plant Industries
E	SASDA	Homeland Security Appropriations	Urges increased funding for animal health and disease research programs such as BSE, avian influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome, monkeypox and foot-and-mouth disease.	Animal & Plant Industries
F	SASDA	National Veterinary Medical Service Act	Supports a fund for student loan repayment under the National Veterinary Medical Service Act for veterinarians who agree to work in high-need areas, positions.	Animal & Plant Industries
G	SASDA	Proposed Rice Importation Protocol	Urges APHIS to adopt new protocols exemptions to current protocols prevent introduction of pests to un-infested areas.	Animal & Plant Industries
H	National Plant Board	Sudden Oak Death	Urges USDA to increase funding and develop better diagnostic methods and eradication programs to control SOD. Also an risk assessment needs to be conducted for SOD propagative material.	Animal & Plant Industries
I	National Plant Board	Cereal Leaf Beetle Biocentrol	Urges APHIS-PPQ increase production of and develop new Cereal Leaf Beetle biocontrol parasites.	Animal & Plant Industries
J	National Plant Board	Clean Water Act	Requests Congress affirm that pesticide applications are regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.	Natural Resources & Pesticide Management
K	National Plant Board	Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 Control Program	Urges APHIS-PPQ to fully implement the Minimum Sanitation Protocols for Offshore Geranium Production to prevent continued introduction of Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 into the U.S.	Animal & Plant Industries
L	National Plant Board	Emerging Plant Pests and Pest Detection	Urges Congress to fully fund APHIS-PPQ’s Emerging Plant Pests line item and increase funding for Plant Detection to $100 million.	Animal & Plant Industries
M	National Plant Board	Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication	Urges APHIS-PPQ to obtain full funding of $46 million for the Asian Longhorned Beetle eradication program.	Animal & Plant Industries
N	National Plant Board	Emerald Ash Borer	Urges the Office of Management and Budget provide full funding for Emerald Ash Borer containment and eradication and Commodity Credit Corporation funds be available to supplement the funding if necessary.	Animal & Plant Industries
O	National Plant Board	Emerald Ash Borer Biocontrol	Requests APHIS-PPQ Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST) utilize all of the biological control identification, selection, rearing and distribution mechanisms at its disposal to assist in the management of Emerald Ash Borer and work cooperatively to utilize the resources available at ARS, Forest Service, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.	Animal & Plant Industries
P	Dairy Division of NASDA	Minimum Product Standards for Imported Milk	Urges Congress to update the minimum product standards for imported milk/milk products to reflect current USDA standards for domestically produced milk/milk products.	Food Regulation & Nutrition
Q	Dairy Division of NASDA	Funding for State Johne’s Testing Programs	Urges Congress to fund USDA’s Johne’s Testing Program at 20 million to fund state testing programs.	Animal & Plant Industries
R	Charles Kuperus [State Funding Table]	Federal Funding and Support	Urges federal agencies to redirect more funding to state departments of agriculture for homeland security.	Food & Agriculture Security Task Force
S	Doug Gillespie	Organic Certification and Biotech Crops	Urges USDA to clarify the National Organic Program so that unintended traces of biotech-improved crops in certified organic crops do not result in a loss of a grower’s organic certification.	Biotechnology Task Force