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As part of the process, they will work to identify vulnerabilities in their processes for working with GE organisms, develop or revise standard operating procedures that address vulnerabilities, properly train personnel on the standard operating procedures and undergo a third-party audit to determine effectiveness of their quality management system.

» SEED INDUSTRY OUTLINES RESEARCH GOALS

American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) President and CEO Andy LaVigne recently unveiled a white paper, which resulted from ASTA’s September 2008 Summit, titled, “Strategic Research, Education and Policy Goals for Seed and Crop Improvement,” at the 2008 Corn & Sorghum and Soybean Seed Research Conference (CSS 2008) and Seed Expo. The paper outlined five strategic goals for the seed industry. To strengthen public and private partnerships to accomplish national seed research priorities;

• Coordinate and engage industry stakeholders to support stable funding for seed and breeding education, research and development;
• Attract and develop a pool of diverse, high-quality plant researchers;
• Ensure that the regulatory system governing the development and implementation of the new technology is efficient, effective and science based;
• Develop an education and advocacy program to communicate the value of seed and crop research to the public.