b'hope to have a report on what we heardcific topics to address with direction and posted on the CFIA website this summer,advice from the working group. All task says Wendy Jahn, national manager of theteams are stakeholder-led, Jahn adds. Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)The working group nominated and seed section.approved the task team chairs, and the task teams themselves nominated and Task Teams approved their own co-chairs. The task According to Jahn and van Wyk, eightteams will report back to the working task teams have been struck that will lookgroup regularly with updates and options at various parts of the seed regulatoryfor regulatory amendments. It sounds easy landscape and put forward recommenda- but its going to be a tough job. The ideas tions for change. The task teams will runof all the individual task teams will have in a sequential manner in order of prior- to be married into a cohesive vision for ity, beginning with variety registration,the seed sector and then recommenda-seed standards and grade tables, and seedtions made to the CFIA to be published in certification. Canada Gazette Part I.These first three task teams have beenCFIA is ultimately responsible forWendy Jahn is national populated and theyve started their work.drafting the regulations, but they will bemanager of the Canadian We were really excited to see the level ofbased on input from the working group,Food Inspection Agency Seed Section.interest and participation on the first threeshe added. task teams. We even have a significantThe producer community isnt living producer commitment on all three taskand breathing the regulations the way reg-teams. We were able to achieve balancedulated parties are, so were really looking groups with respect to the different sectorsforward to reaching a point when we have involved in this stakeholder engagementa vision to articulate [as part of] additional process, says Jahn. broad-based stakeholder consultations. The task teams will decide the spe- Weve encouraged the task teams to look Seedbox SolutionNow Offering the GEN250 Seedbox in CanadaTHE SUPERIOR SEEDBOXAt Seedbox Solution we have set out to provide the agriculture industry with the newest, most intuitive, and savings generating seed box. The result? The GEN250. A superior seed box offered at price points that make sense.We are Canadas newest seed box supplier for boxes and spare parts.The seed industrysrst alternative seed box container for storing, transporting and discharging bulk seed.33% Freight Savings with the GEN250.Ship 66 compared to 44 Empties!Seed box service parts for all brands of seed boxes in stock!www.seedboxsolution.com sales@seedboxsolution.com Toll free: (833) 733-326932GERMINATION.CAJULY 2021'