2005 Annual Meeting Agenda - Animal and Plant Industries committee

Chairman, Gus Douglass, West Virginia
2005 Annual Meeting – Cooperstown, NY
Sunday, September 18, 2005
9:00 am – 12:00 noon

I. Welcome, Introductions & Roll Call

  • Commissioner Douglass

II. APHIS Issues

  • Under Secretary Bill Hawks
  • Administrator Ron DeHaven
  • Deputy Administrators John Clifford, VS; Ric Dunkle, PPQ;
  • Cindy Smith, BRS and Bill Clay, WS
    Safeguarding Issues
    Avian Influenza
    Q & A

III. Affiliates Reports

  • National Plant Board – Ken Rauscher
  • National Assembly of State Animal Health Officials – Robert Stout
  • Association of American Feed Control Officials – Roger Osburn

IV. FDA – Feed Rule Update

  • FDA State Relations – Richard Barnes

V. Discussion of the Farm Bill – Implementation, Outlook & Funding

  • Commissioner Douglass

V. Consideration of Policies and Action Items

  • Policy Amendment 16 – Animal health and safety
  • Policy Amendment 18 – BSE
  • Policy Amendment 19 -- Biotechnology
    • Action Item A -- Funding for Johne’s testing
    • Action Item F -- Soybean rust program oversight
    • Action Item G -- DHS/CBP position vacancies
    • Action Item H -- ALB & EAB eradication
    • Action Item I -- Emerging plant pests and pest detection
    • Action Item J -- Sudden Oak Death
    • Action Item K -- National Honey Bee survey
    • Action Item L -- National Seed Health System accreditation

VII. Consideration of Six-Month Work Plan/Priority Issues


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