Abstract: . . .  Meeting: December 9-10, 2004 Seventh Plenary Meeting  December 9-10, 2004  Waugh Auditorium  USDA Economic Research Service Draft Meeting Summary On December 9-10, 2004, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) convened the seventh plenary meeting of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21). The meeting objectives included: To finalize, for submission by the Committee to the Secretary, the draft report on other countries? traceability and mandatory labeling regimes for biotechnology -derived products, . . .
. . .  are finalized by the Committee, the AC21 Chair will submit them to the Secretary and they will be posted on the AC21 website. A small representative group of AC21 members may meet with the Secretary to formally present the reports. IX. Summary of Seventh Plenary Session Dr. Layton thanked Committee members for their work during the meeting. She adjourned the meeting at 3:30 p.m.    . . .
. . .  clear whether a final designation of its placement within the report had been made. The Committee also discussed adding a new issue in Section III of the report addressing the concept that the continuing debate over different retail labeling requirements affects U.S. public attitudes towards biotechnology . Because not all members agreed with this concept, no text was added. V. Discussion of Progress of Work Group on Issues to be Considered With relatively little time remaining in the session, Ms. Dilley switched discussions to the other AC21 report and began discussions on the . . .
. . .  Seventh Plenary Meeting  December 9-10, 2004  Waugh Auditorium  USDA Economic Research Service Draft Meeting Summary On December 9-10, 2004, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) convened the seventh plenary meeting of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21). The meeting objectives included: To finalize, for submission by the Committee to the Secretary, the draft report on other countries? traceability and mandatory labeling regimes for biotechnology -derived products, the implications of those regimes, and how . . .
. . .  Plenary Meeting  December 9-10, 2004  Waugh Auditorium  USDA Economic Research Service Draft Meeting Summary On December 9-10, 2004, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) convened the seventh plenary meeting of the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21). The meeting objectives included: To finalize, for submission by the Committee to the Secretary, the draft report on other countries? traceability and mandatory labeling regimes for biotechnology -derived products, the implications of those regimes, and how U.S. . . .
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