REGULATORY SESSION BREAK OUT GROUP QUESTIONS Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #1 – REGULATORY SESSION Out Group #1 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #1. Identify the policy impediments that limit access for minor crops and what For comparison, inconsistent data requirements or inconsistent data acceptance from different jurisdictions Use of mutual recognition of regulatory decisions
is/might be required to effect change. between countries (Health based guidance values & MRLs) Inconsistent establishment of import tolerances and data protection – and how that affects trade Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #2 – REGULATORY SESSION Break Out Group #2 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #2. From a global perspective identify the legislative / regulatory impediments that often limit access to minor crops and provide suggestions that What are some of the regulatory efficiencies and incentives that could enable greater numbers of minor uses? Please provide specifics. What are some of the similarities and differences in use needs from region to region in
What is needed to help growers be better informed on how either meet regulatory requirements or engage with the regulators in importing countries? Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #5 – REGULATORY SESSION Break Out Group #5 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #5. Efficacy data What are some of the similarities and differences in requirements for efficacy data from region to region? How do regulators from different countries address this issue in relation with minor uses?
Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #6 – REGULATORY SESSION Break Out Group #6 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #6. Considering that regulators work for the government, how can they convey the recommendations/ideas from the Summit in order to effect changes in policies or procedures to support minor uses? Are there examples that could be shared? INDUSTRY SESSION BREAK OUT GROUP QUESTIONS
Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 OUT GROUP #1 – INDUSTRY SESSION Break Out Group #1 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #1. Incentives for industry What incentives might generate broader acceptance or encourage industry of adding minor uses to product labels? Discussion areas may include: 1. data exchangeability across countries and regions for both residue and (performance) data 2. examples of specific incentives, such as temporary uses (registrations) that could encourage registrants to develop data on minor uses. Please provide specifics and details that allow the responses to be formed into proposals.
Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 OUT GROUP #2 – INDUSTRY SESSION Break Out Group #2 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #2. Exports/ Import Tolerances What is the impact of not having enough MRLs on minor crops? What is the impact of not having MRLs established in a timely manner? How do we expedite establishment of MRLs around the world? For biopesticides “exemption from tolerance or MRL” is key to their adoption, please discuss how we may harmonize this in a safety standard across the world? Global Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 OUT GROUP #3 – INDUSTRY SESSION
criteria (endocrine disruptors) and pollinator concerns, etc.? Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #5 – INDUSTRY SESSION Break Out Group #5 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #5. Sharing of use strategies amongst the industry Discuss strategies or training which could help the industry understand the similarities in minor use approaches, data acceptability and how these strategies work in other countries and could be more broadly applied. Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #6 – INDUSTRY SESSION Break Out Group #6 for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..)
BOG #6. Harmonization of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) What does a Harmonized GAP look like? Discuss the pro and cons of developing a globally harmonized GAP (critical GAP)? GROWER SESSION BREAK OUT GROUP QUESTIONS Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3
BREAK OUT GROUP #1 – GROWER SESSION Break Out Group #1 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #1. Promotion of Minor Use Needs How best to promote minor use needs or priorities for registration from a grower perspective. How best to coordinate this promotion of needs with industry and government representatives. a. This also promotes Growers Best Practices Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #2 – GROWER SESSION Break Out Group #2 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources Degree of difficulty (Achievable, TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..)
2. specific suggestions for how the selection of global minor use priorities can take account of these factors / constraints Global Minor Use Summit (GMUS) – 3 BREAK OUT GROUP #6 – GROWER SESSION Out Group #6 Areas for discussion Recommendations Who would do this? Is funding & resources available (YES/NO) Degree of difficulty (Achievable, Moderate, Very difficult) TECHNICAL / POLICY / COOPERATION PRIORITY (1, 2, 3…..) BOG #6. Grower knowledge and access to information Growers need better access to information regarding the products they can use and what the regulations are for growing Globally there is a tightening in the development and application of pesticide standards. How can growers meet those standards (how to manage trade risk)?. Lack of knowledge by some growers regarding what products they can use or what the regulations are, or how to request an import MRL? In many cases, a grower’s perspective