The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services will meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 19, in Suffolk. The meeting will take place in the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts, 110 W. Finney Avenue, Suffolk VA, 23434.
The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services will meet to discuss issues related to Virginia agriculture and consumer services. Staff will request Board approval of the final exempt action to adopt 2 VAC 5-595, Regulations Governing the Manufacturing and Sale of Products that Contain Industrial Hemp Extracts Intended for Human Consumption and will brief the Board on the expansion of the regulated area for 2 VAC 5-336, Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Tree and Crop Pests Law - Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine. The Board will entertain public comment at the conclusion of all other business for a period not to exceed 30 minutes.
Tentative agenda:
- Call to order
- Roll call
- Welcome from City of Suffolk
- Approval of draft Board meeting minutes from May 19, 2022
- Board member reports
- Commissioner’s report to Board – Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Briefing on the final 2022 Appropriation Act – Kendra Shifflett, Director, Administration and Finance; Kevin Schmidt, Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Research
- Final exempt action to adopt 2 VAC 5‑595, Regulations Governing the Manufacturing and Sale of Products that Contain Industrial Hemp Extracts Intended for Human Consumption – David McGreevy, Deputy Director, Division of Animal and Food Industry Services
- Expansion of the regulated area for 2 VAC 5-336, Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Tree and Crop Pests Law - Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine – David Gianino, Program Manager, Office of Plant Industry Services
- New business
- Future Board meetings
- Public comment period
- Adjourn
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