Rules TCOM Report

Steve Jones, Rules Chair

Steve Jones, CFIA,Canada 1

Welcome to Uruguay & the Rules Session 2015

Canadian Food Agence canadienne Inspection Agency d’inspection des aliments

Seed Science & Technology Section, Saskatoon

Saskatoon landscape courtesy and property of Tourism Saskatoon (see www.tourismsaskatoon.com)

● Rules Committee activity report

● Rules Proposal process

● Rules for OIC reporting quiz

● Proposals for the Rules 2016 Edition

Overview of presentation

Committee Report 2013 to 2015 • Please see the published activity reports for this year and from previous years

• Main product of the Rules Committee is the regular publishing of annual editions of the ISTA Rules

• This year’s proposal: 41 pages, plus the detailed Seed Health Method sheets

• 20 proposals including Changes to Chapter 1: Certificates and an addition to a Seed Health Method

ISTA Rules first edition 1931

Now electronic since 2014

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ista/rules

Images of 1931 ISTA Rules covers courtesy of ISTA © 2014

Committee Reports 2013-2016 The ISTA Rules are a team effort

TCOMs ► proposals ► votes ►new Rules published Other sources to Rules Chair ► Rules TCOM ► proposals ► votes ►new Rules published

• Think of me as your tour guide to take you on a journey to understand the proposals, resulting from the hard work of the TCOMs ► the 2016 Edition of the ISTA Rules.

• But only once the membership accepts the proposals

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES COMMITTEE Bert van Duijn, The Netherlands

BULKING AND SAMPLING COMMITTEE Eddie Goldschagg, South Africa

FLOWER SEED COMMITTEE Rita Zecchinelli, Italy

FOREST TREE AND SHRUB SEED COMMITTEE Fabio Gorian, Italy

GERMINATION COMMITTEE Sylvie Ducournau, France

GMO COMMITTEE Cheryl Dollard, Canada

MOISTURE COMMITTEE Jette Nydam, Sweden NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE John Wiersema, United States of America

PROFICIENCY TEST COMMITTEE Günter Müller, Germany

PURITY COMMITTEE Jane Taylor, United Kingdom

RULES COMMITTEE Steve Jones, Canada (CHAIR)

SEED HEALTH COMMITTEE Valerie Grimault, France

STATISTICS COMMITTEE Jean-Louis Laffont, France

SEED STORAGE COMMITTEE Hugh Pritchard, United Kingdom

TETRAZOLIUM COMMITTEE Stefanie Krämer, Germany

VARIETY COMMITTEE Ana Laura Vicario, Argentina

VIGOUR COMMITTEE Alison Powell, United Kingdom

EDITORIAL BOARD (SST) Fiona Hay, The Philippines

Craig McGill, New Zealand (VICE-CHAIR)

Ex-officio members: Attilio Lovato (ISTA Honorary President, Italy),

Mike Stahr (AOSA Rules Chair, USA) and Susan Alvarez (SCST Rules Chair, USA)

ISTA Rules Committee 2013 to 2016

Who puts forward proposals? | Mainly the Technical Committees working on issues

| Could be you as a member

| Could be ISF, EU or OECD requesting work

| Could be AOSA/SCST for harmonisation

Rules proposal process

Making a new Rules edition Method proposal Species proposal

Submission and Information to ISTA Technical Committee and/or Rules Committee

Method Validation Study

Evaluation and Approval by ISTA Technical Committee

ISTA Rules proposal

Approval by ISTA Executive Committee

Approval by ISTA Ordinary Meeting

New ISTA Rule

Proposals are received by 1st November each year.

Then: • Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretariat edit them

• Rules Committee votes on them

• ECOM approve them for circulation to the members

• Finally we discuss them here at the annual meeting

Rules proposal process

Rules proposal format C.5.4. Omitting the first count when germination tests are carried out in Organic Growing Media Background to proposal Amendment to 5.6.4 Duration of the test. The objective is to extend the possibility of omitting the first count when germination tests are carried out in Organic Growing Media. Submitted by the Germination Committee and approved by a vote of that TCOM.

CURRENT VERSION PROPOSED VERSION 5.6.4 Duration of the test … For tests in sand lasting not more than 7-10 days, the first count may be omitted …

5.6.4 Duration of the test …

For tests in sand, organic growing media or soil lasting not more than 7–10 days, the first count may be omitted …

Ø What year is it? 2015

Ø What Rules edition is current? 2015

Ø Proposals voted on in 2015 If accepted effective from 1st January 2016 Ø Proposals become the 2016 Edition of the Rules

Rules proposal process

● Proposal documents were circulated to the membership ● Have you seen them? ● Had a chance to discuss them? ● Any issues? ● Discussed now and within the technical meetings ● Presented to the annual voting meeting ● Voted on by the nominated voting members

Rules proposal process

● What is the seal of the lot?

Rules OIC Reporting Quiz

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● What is the ‘seal of the lot’? Answer: method of sealing: e.g. stitching, metal seal, and/or the authority for sealing: e.g. ISTA laboratory, Ministry…..

Rules OIC Reporting Quiz

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Am I an ISTA seal? No a New Zealand

seal

● Can I issue an OIC for any species I like?

● Can I issue a BIC for any species I like? ● Can I issue a BIC for a seed lot over the ISTA seed lot maximum weight?

Rules OIC/BIC Reporting Quiz

● Can I issue an OIC for any species I like? No, only a species listed in Table 2A, Parts 1, 2 and 3.

● Can I issue a BIC for any species I like? No, only a species listed in Table 2A, Parts 1, 2 and 3.

● Can I issue a BIC for a seed lot over the ISTA seed lot maximum weight? Yes, as the BIC is about testing a sample sent to the laboratory only. No sampling restrictions for a BIC.

Rules OIC/BIC Reporting Quiz

● Can I issue the result of a test not on my ISTA scope on an OIC or BIC?

● Can I issue the result of a seed health test on a OIC or BIC?

Rules OIC/BIC Reporting Quiz

● Can I issue the result of a test not on my ISTA scope on an OIC or BIC? No.

● Can I issue the result of a seed health test on a OIC or BIC? Yes, but…..

Rules OIC/BIC Reporting Quiz

● Can I issue the result of a seed health test on a OIC or BIC? Yes, but be aware, must use an ISTA method unless an ISTA method does not exist. For a test not in the ISTA Rules the laboratory can put these results on the OIC or BIC but there must be at least one ISTA approved test on the OIC/BIC. If this is done it MUST state “This method is not covered by the International Rules for Seed Testing” see 1.5.2.22.

Rules OIC/BIC Reporting Quiz

● Reporting GMO test results The ISTA testing approach for GMO uses a performance based approach so only those laboratories approved by ISTA can issue results on the OIC/BIC. The performance based GMO methods will be audited during the ISTA audit process.

Rules OIC/BIC Reporting Quiz

Any other questions that you have always wanted to ask

about the ISTA Rules?

New voting process: Two parts: 1. Word file for discussion 2. Then a slide posing the question for the vote and to record the vote made

Powervote process

C.2.1. Change in 2.8 Tables for lot size and sample sizes

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1 - Yes

2 - No

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Thank you for listening

I also thank all the people back home from the Seed Science & Technology Section of the

Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s Saskatoon Laboratory for their help and support in this

work for ISTA

www.seedtest.org

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Now we need to consider the Rules proposal document. Page by page.