Canada-US Consultative Committee on Agriculture

Canada-U.S. Consultative Committee on Agriculture Provinces-States Advisory Group Meeting Acting Under Secretary Michael Scuse & Director General Blair Coomber November 17, 2011 Grapevine, Texas

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Cooperative Agenda

High Level Working Group – Readout – Organics – Biotechnology – Food Safety – Border/Technical Issues

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Cooperative Agenda Cont’d Rural Revival and Food Policy Drivers Electronic Certification Codex Alimentarius

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Livestock and Meat Issues BSE Third Country Market Access BSE Comprehensive Rule and Small Ruminants Rule Branding of Small Ruminants Foreign Animal Diseases

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New Technologies in Agriculture Crop Biotechnology Nanotechnology GE Animals Cloning

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Plants and Plant Products Risk Mitigation Tools for Commercial Transactions Renewable Fuel Standards Lacey Act Wood Packaging Materials Grain Screening Pellets Organics

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Update on FTA Negotiations Canada FTAs United States FTAs

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Dairy Canada’s Compositional Dairy Standards

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Questions? Contacts: Canada Alan Schlachter Director, Americas Division Market Access Secretariat Agriculture & AgriFood Canada [email protected]

United States JP Passino Director, Western Hemisphere Foreign Agricultural Service USDA [email protected]

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