Abstracts of Special Session Presentations

Professionalism/Service/Outreach
The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA): Expected Impact on Agriculture and the Consumer

Panel discussion: The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA): Expected impact on agriculture and the consumer. N. B. CARROLL (1), H. D. Coble (2), L. P. Gianessi (3), M. K. Hausbeck (4), P. I. Lewis (5), L. A. Rossi (5), and D. C. Thompson (6). (1) Syngenta, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300; (2) USDA, 1017 Main Campus Drive, Suite 2500, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27606-7559; (3) National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, 1616 P Street NW, First Floor, Washington, DC 20036; (4) Dept of Plant Pathology, Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312; (5) USEPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; (6) IR4 Project, Rutgers Univ, 681 US Hwy 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-3390. Phytopathology 92:S112. Publication no. P-2002-0135-SSA.

This session is planned as an informal discussion of a federal law enacted unanimously in 1996 that may have far-reaching effects on disease management. We have convened a group of experts on its implementation who have first-hand knowledge of its current and expected impact. After this panel of experts answers each of the following questions, the floor will be opened up to comments and further related questions.

1. What is the FQPA and why was it created?

2. Who interprets and enacts the FQPA?

3. What is the status of the FQPA implementation and when will it be completed?

4. What are aggregate and cumulative risk assessments, what models are being used to evaluate them, and how are they being implemented?

5. How is the FQPA affecting fungicide, nematicide, and bactericide registrations and more broadly, disease management strategies?

6. How is the FQPA affecting the way industry does business?

7. How is the FQPA affecting the Cooperative Extension Service?

8. How is the FQPA affecting farmers?

9. What will be the net effect on consumers of agricultural products?

10. How can APS members participate in the implementation of the FQPA?

Following these questions, the audience is invited to ask the panel other FQPA questions or make comments about their experiences with the FQPA.

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