Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards Update Canadian Seed

Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards Update Canadian Seed Trade Association: Seed Applied Technology Committee July 9, 2019

Representing the Canadian developers, manufacturers and distributors of pest control products and products of modern plant breeding. 2

Overview ■ Development and implementation of the Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards ■ Expanded scope of the Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards beyond 2021 ■ Key items of relevance leading up to 2021 3

Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards ■ Pre-2009: environmental, health and safety aspects of seed treatment application becoming more complex, seeking regulatory consistency & identified stewardship priority. ■ 2010 -14: development of national standards applicable to commercial seed treatment operations in collaboration with government and industry stakeholders. ■ 2016 -18: implemented Phase 1 of the standards that are applicable to facilities treating corn, canola and soybeans. Enforced by an industry no-ship policy on designated seed treatment products. 4

Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards Breakdown of certified sites/status (as of May 15, 2019): Province Certified Market Segment* % of total - AWSA Cert. 58% Alberta 68 Seed Grower 29% Saskatchewan 78 Seed Cleaning Co-op 8% Manitoba 147 Seed Company 5% Ontario 82 Quebec 17 Atlantic Region 11 Total: 402 British Columbia 5 * Market Segment: several sites may fit into multiple segments.

Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards Future Direction: ■ The Crop. Life Canada Board provided direction to expand the scope of the Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards to encompass all commercial seed treatment facilities (as defined as treating seed for sale/gain) that will be enforced by an industry no-ship policy effective January 01, 2021. ■ Scope: impact those commercial operations that are treating cereals and pulses that have not already completed an audit (~200 sites nationally). ■ Engagement strategy to ensure all stakeholders are aware of the scope evolution with consistent outreach over the next few years. ■ Plethora of technical support from Crop. Life and members for commercial seed treatment operations navigating the audit process. 6

Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards Key items to note leading towards 2021: ■ Pre-audit incentive ($400) for operators that would like to have an AWSA auditor come to their facility to complete a pre-audit. ■ Provide a GAP assessment of current operations vs seed treatment standards so operator has clear understanding of what is required to allow for fact based decision making/business planning. ■ Development of corrective action list with AWSA auditor to allow operator to achieve full compliance thereafter. ■ Ability to achieve grandfather status on specific protocols (A 1, A 2, B 2 a & b, B 3, B 10 a & b). ■ Must complete a pre-audit by March 31, 2020 to be eligible for the preaudit incentive (thereafter the cost will be the obligation of the operator). 7

Accredited Seed Treatment Operation Standards ■ This process has been challenging as the standards require operations to change some aspects of how they operate in an effort to take a common approach to environmental, health and safety within commercial seed treatment facilities. ■ Crop. Life Canada’s members are committed to the implementation of the standards. ■ Ensure that all stakeholder opinions, positions and feedback is heard and taken into consideration throughout this process. ■ Ensure that seed treatment operations are up to speed with the seed treatment standards implementation, potential business impacts/opportunities and seek technical support from Crop. Life and its member companies as needed. 8

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