62nd Annual Meeting of the
ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN FEED, FERTILIZER & PESTICIDE
CONTROL OFFICIALS (ASFFPCO)
June 20-23, 2004
Renaissance Nashville Hotel
Nashville, TN
Hosted by The Tennessee Department of Agriculture
President, Michael Curry, GA
Vice-President, Kathy Booker, TN
Note: You will receive the final agenda upon arrival. Hospitality Suite will be available.
Airport has shuttle to hotel. Downtown Airport Express. $11 one-way/$17 round-trip.
Agenda
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Registration
11:00am – 5:00pm
ASFFPCO Executive Board Meeting
3:00pm - 5:00pm
President’s Reception
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Monday, June 21, 2004
Registration
8:00am – 11:00am/1:00pm-4:00pm
General Session
9:00am – 11:30am
Open Meeting
Michael Curry, President
Welcome to TN
Jimmy Hopper, Director, TDA
Howard Gentry, Vice-Mayor
Nashville Tennessee
Invocation, Announcements, Roll Call
Presidential Address
Michael Curry, President
ASFFPCO Meeting 2005 – MS
Tommy McDaniel
Key Note Speaker – Dr. Jack Britt, Vice-President of Agriculture, University of TN
Luncheon (Registrants only)
11:45am -1:00pm
Monday, June 21, 2004 - Concurrent Sessions, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Feed Program – Dan Danielson, Chair, TN Dept of Agriculture
Current AAFCO Issues
Phil Petry, Asst. Director
BSE Feed Rule Update and
Gloria Dunnavant, Deputy Director FDA
Implementation of Additional Safeguards
Center for Veterinary Medicine
Industry Perspective on BSE Events and
Richard Sellers, Vice- President
Proposed BSE Feed Rule Changes
American Feed Industry Association
2004 BSE Surveillance Program in Tennessee
Kimberly Kirkham
USDA-APHIS, Veterinary Services
Pesticide Chemist – Dr. Victoria Goodwin, Chair, Office of Indiana State Chemist
Teaching Your Field Staff
Teresa Rygil, Florida Dept. of Agriculture
Pesticide Run-Off from Golf Courses
Dr. Kevin Armbrust, MS State Chemical Lab.
Organophosphates in Drinking Water
Diane Rains, EPA Chemistry Lab of Beltsville
Industry Round Table Discussion
(Representatives from BASF, Bayer, Cerexagri, Dow Agro Sciences and Du Pont will share
analytical methods (formulation and residue) and discuss analytical issues with seminar
participants).
Fertilizer Program – William R. Cox, Chair, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer
Services
AAPFCO Update
Dale Dubberly, President
FL. Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
CA Fertilizer Regulatory Program – CA Fertilizer Law
Scott Paulsen, Branch Chief
Maryam Khosravifard, Assoc. Environmental Research Scientist
CDFA –Inspection-Ag. Commodities & Regulatory Services
DOT Fertilizer Transportation Rule & Homeland Security
Pam Guffain, Director
Government Relations, The Fertilizer Institute
The Impact of State Regulatory Budgets Upon Industry-Industries Perspective
Scott Kohne, West Coast State
Registration/State Affairs Manager Bayer Crop Science
The Assessment of South Carolina Restricted Fertilizer Regulatory Program
Dr. David Howe, Dept. Head
Clemson University, Fertilizer & Seed Cert. Services
Banquet & Entertainment – Monday Evening
Pizza Party for children
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 – Concurrent Sessions, 8:30am – 11:45am
Feed & Fertilizer Chemist – Weldon Collier, Chair, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and
Consumer Services
Multi-Residue Mycotoxin Analysis of Grains and Feeds
Lazlo Torma
Director of Technical Relations
Pickering Laboratories
The Use of Hot Block Digestion in Secondary and Heavy Metal Analysis
James Bartos, Regulatory Specialist
University of Kentucky
Methodologies of Detection of Prohibited Protein Materials
Dr. Lars Reimann, Eurofins Scientific
The Application and Use of PC Data Collection
James Bartos, Regulatory Specialist
University of Kentucky
Analysis of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in Feed
Lazlo Torma, Director of Technical Relations
Pickering Laboratories
Pesticide Program – Jim Wright (SC) and George Sexton (IN), Co-Chairs
ASPCRO Update
George Saxton, President
Office of Indiana State Chemist
How to Regulate Vector Control Pesticide Applicators
Bobby Simoneaux, Director
LA Dept. of Agriculture & Forestry
Predator Control
Tommy Gray, Director
GA Dept of Agriculture
IPM in Schools
Mary Ellen Setting, Assistant Secretary
Maryland Dept. of Agriculture
Pesticide Chemist – Dr. Victoria Goodwin, Chair, Office of Indiana State Chemist
The Rapid Development of Pesticide Methods Using LC-MS
Dr. Allen Willams, TN Dept. of Agriculture
Latest news from Georgia
Michael Curry, GA Dept. of Agriculture
Florida’s New Directed Formulation Sampling Program
Patty Lucas, Florida Dept. of Agriculture
Commercial Pesticide Product Analysis 101 – Are Residue Methods Appropriate?
Victoria Goodwin, Office of Indiana State Chemist
Pros and Cons of Using MSDs to Analyze Commercial Pesticide Products
Adrian Burns, EPA Chemistry Lab of Beltsville
Pesticides in Residential Neighborhoods
Dr. Kevin Armbrust, MS State Chemical Lab
Feed and Fertilizer Inspectors – Ben Jones, Chair, Office of Texas State Chemist
TN Regulatory Program Summary
Dan Danielson, TDA
State BSE Inspection Program
Ben Jones, Office of the Texas State Chemist
On-Farm Authority for States
Ben Jones, Office of the Texas State Chemist
ORAU Web-Based Training Update
FDA Audit Inspections of Contract States
Jim Fear, FDA/ORAU
Ben Jones, Office of the Texas State Chemist
Tuesday Afternoon Outing – Jack Daniels Distillery
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 – Feed, Fertilizer and Pesticide Roundtable, 8:30am –
10:00am – Von McCaskill, Chair
Business Session – 10:30am
Reports - Committee, Audit, Credentials and Nominations
Election of Officers
Adjournment