b'CSGA SPONSORED CONTENTROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES A WORD FROM MIKE SCHEFFEL, CSGA MANAGING DIRECTOR OF POLICY & The CSGA is responsible for seed crop certification andSTANDARDSvarietal purity standards in Canada. The requirements for seed crop certification are published in the CanadianWe are seeking a renewal of the public-private Regulations and Procedures for Pedigreed Seed Croppartnership that the CSGA has had with the federal Production (Circular 6). CSGAs mission is to advance thegovernment for nearly 120 years to deliver a national seed sector and seed certification system. program of seed variety assurance and quality seed. Some people dont realize the CFIA is certifying the seed The CFIA is responsible for seed certification via thelots that go to market. Those are official CFIA certification requirements in the Seeds Regulations and official policylabels on all packages of certified seed. The CFIA has and procedures documents. Official certification labelssimply authorized others to do the activities to get there.for Foundation, Registered and Certified seed are issued or approved by the CFIA and can only be used by CFIA- Individuals in the seed industry have carried out the authorized persons. The CFIA also establishes the seedquality assurance required to allow the CFIA tag to be quality standards that apply to seed and oversees theapplied to the final product for decades. We are in favour system, including varietal identity verification testing andof the CFIA continuing to be that ultimate authority. Its marketplace compliance monitoring. important in terms of trust and confidence in the system. JULY 2021 GERMINATION.CA 25'