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SEED LLP AND

TRADEBernice Slutsky

American Seed Trade

Association


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TOPICS

Seed movement during seed product life

cycle

Quality assurance during seed product

life cycle

LLP considerations


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SEED MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT

SEED PRODUCT LIFECYCLE

Seed can move across borders at almost every point in the lifecycle

Research and development facilities can be in a different countrythan the production of breeders seed

Breeders seed is often produced in a different country thanbreeding facilities and the production of hybrids

A shipping container of breeders seed can consist hundreds of individualpackages of small amounts of seed representing that many different varietiesof breeders seed

Counter season production of commercial seed is the norm

Seed cleaning, conditioning and packaging before export to thecountry of cultivation

Re-export is common practice


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GLOBAL SEED FLOWSCORN, SOYBEAN, COTTON AND CANOLA SEED

Corn seed

Soy

Cotton

Canola

Sorghum


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QUALITY MANAGEMENT


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SEED QUALITY STANDARDS

Critical control points throughout the product life cycle

The importance of seed quality and product integrity has beenrecognized by the industry since its inception.

Tracking, recordkeeping, testing and other measures withappropriate management systems are essential parts of product

development and the commercial life cycle for purposes of qualityassurance and seed product integrity

Maintaining a seed varietys trueness to type is critical for marketacceptance.

Quality standards are based upon market expectations and the limits

of biological systems. Therefore, thresholds or tolerances are acomponent of seed quality standards.


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SEED QUALITY STANDARDS

OECD Seed Schemes

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) Seed Schemes are rules used by 58 participating countriesto certify and label seed for varietal purity for international movement.

Facilitates movement of seed through varietal certification

Use of labels and certificates for seed produced and processed forinternational trade according to agreed principles

Seed Testing

International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)orange

certificateAssociation of Official Seed Analysts (US and Canada)


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PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP:

EXCELLENCE THROUGH

STEWARDSHIPETSs missionis to promote the responsible management of plant

biotechnology, primarily by developing and encouraging

implementation of product stewardship practices and by educating

the public about those practices.

Principles and management practicesGuides to understanding and implementing stewardship programs

and quality management systems

Global stewardship audit process


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SEED LLP: CONSIDERATIONS

Predictability and transparency in the management of

import transactions, such as testing and sampling

protocols

Establishment of transparent and science-based

management of import/export transactions with aligned

approaches where possible

Understanding of existing seed quality standards and

practices and the role they can play in LLP policies


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SEED LLP: CONSIDERATIONS

Mechanism for sharing environmental safety

assessment information among regulators

Use of existing data and cultivation safety

assessments in approaches to seed LLPIdentify approaches specific to highly familiar

traits

Documents

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