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November 30, 2023
Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to Meet in Richmond on December 7
Contact: Michael Wallace

The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Board) will meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Richmond. The meeting will take place in the Patrick Henry Building, East Reading Room, 1111 East Broad Street, 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. Additional meeting information is available on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall.

Tentative agenda:
  • Call to order
  • Roll call
  • Approval of draft Board meeting minutes from Aug. 4, 2023
  • Board member reports
  • Commissioner’s Report to Board – Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • Budget update – Dewey Jennings, Director, Administration and Finance
10 a.m. Public Hearing – Proposed Regulations for 2 VAC 5-317 (Regulations for Enforcement of the Noxious Weeds Law) – Larry Nichols, Director, Division of Consumer Protection
  • Office of Pesticide Services – Case Decision – Thibault Enterprises, LLC (Case # 73148)
  • Notice of Intended Regulatory Action – 2 VAC 5-680 (Regulations Governing Licensing of Pesticide Businesses Operating under Authority of the Virginia Pesticide Control Act) and 2 VAC 5-685 (Regulations Governing Pesticide Applicator Certification under Authority of Virginia Pesticide Control Act) – Liza Fleeson Trossbach, Program Manager, Office of Pesticide Services
  • Proposed Fast-Track Action to Amend 2 VAC 5-585 (Retail Food Establishment Regulations) – Pamela Miles, Program Manager, Office of Dairy and Foods
  • Petition for Rulemaking – Animal Partisan’s petition for regulations for the transportation of poultry – Dr. Carolynn Bissett, Program Manager, Office of Veterinary Services
  • Pesticide Control Fund Report to the Board – Liza Fleeson Trossbach, Program Manager, Office of Pesticide Services
  • Regulatory Advisory Panel for 2 VAC 5-675 (Regulations Governing Pesticide Fees Charged by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) Report to Board – Liza Fleeson Trossbach, Program Manager, Office of Pesticide Services
  • New business
  • Future Board meetings
  • Public comment period
  • Adjourn

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