March 17, 2023
Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to Meet in Richmond on March 23
Contact: Michael Wallace

The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Board) will meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Richmond. The meeting will take place in the Patrick Henry Building, 1111 East Broad Street, East Reading Room, Richmond, VA, 23219. The meeting agenda is detailed below. 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
• Approval of draft Board meeting minutes from December 9, 2022
• Board member reports
• Commissioner’s report to Board – Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Proposed stage – 2 VAC 5-390 (Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Seed Law) – David Gianino, Program Manager, Office of Plant Industry Services
• Proposed fast-track action to repeal 2 VAC 5-318 (Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law – Thousand Cankers Disease) – David Gianino, Program Manager, Office of Plant Industry Services
• Virginia Winery Distribution Company board appointee – Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Electronic meeting policy adoption – Kevin Schmidt, Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Research
• New business
• Future Board meetings
• Public comment period
• Adjourn

Additional meeting information is available on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall.

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