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ACA Professional Training: GMO Testing Intensive

Thursday, February 12, 2015 - 8:15am

OTA's Regulatory Director Gwendolyn Wyard will moderate the ACA Professional Training in Little Rock, Arkansas, Feb. 12, 2015 from 8:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. The training is a GMO Testing Intensive - A tool for verifying compliance with the organic standards. This three hour Intensive showcases an array of GMO and organic regulation experts who will provide an overview of the at-risk crops and contamination, impacts in the marketplace, GMO testing protocols, and how to develop a testing program under the NOP residue testing requirements. Panelists later lead group discussion to understand what guidance the NOP can provide ACAs on these topics. 

Moderator - Gwendolyn Wyard, OTA

Speakers: Holli Cederholm, General Manager Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA)

Heather Secrist, Ph.D, Genetic ID, CEO

Srivastava Deepak, Ph.D National Science Lab (Gastonia, NC) Molecular Biologist

For more information contact Gwendolyn Wyard