Agriculture committee  It does. In the seed industry, that's where all of those very rigorous international standards and guidelines come into play, the OECD seed schemes or those of the Association of Official Seed Analysts, AOSA. There are very rigid requirements for different classes of seed pedigre

Agriculture committee  It doesn't really relate to low-level presence. Is that okay?

Agriculture committee  Okay.

Agriculture committee  I'll be as brief as I can. It's been 20 years we've been working on UPOV 1991, but I'll try to do it in a few minutes. UPOV 1991 is extremely important in Canada for our plant breeders and for our farmers. The majority of field crop farmers accept and acknowledge that it's extre

Agriculture committee  The first largest producer is the United States, the second largest is Argentina, and the third...I can't remember. China and India are the big ones. It's growing around the world now. A lot of South American countries are moving into it, and also some European countries.

Agriculture committee  We're very happy that Canada is playing this leadership role. Relying so heavily on the export market, particularly in our grain industry, we believe that you can't go out and tell other countries that it's inevitable that there might be a low-level presence of a product you have

Agriculture committee  What is done in terms of risk assessments in Canada is very stringent. Risk assessments are conducted by both the CFIA and Health Canada, and even on seed. If there's a risk assessment required, Health Canada assesses it or its impact on human health and safety. It does testing a

Agriculture committee  Thanks, Mr. Valeriote. We have always chosen purity of seed in the seed industry. We have always had structures and regulatory systems in place to ensure that as much as possible we can keep seed completely separate; that it is pure; that it is true to its identity. We have m

Agriculture committee  First of all, the policy that proposes that action level does not apply to seed; it's only for food and feed. In the seed industry, we are not yet at the point of determining what the action level and the thresholds would be for seed. What we are saying is that we need to make su

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for inviting us. First, I apologize very much if I lose my voice. My directors kindly shared their cold with me when they were in Ottawa a few weeks ago, and they refused to take it back. On behalf of the Canadian Seed Trade Association, I'd like to thank t