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May 17, 2024
Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to Meet on May 23 in Richmond
Contact: Michael Wallace

The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Board) will meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2024, 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 Mar. 21, 2024
  • Election of officers
  • Board member reports
  • Commissioner’s Report to Board – Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • Legislative update – Kevin Schmidt, Director, Office of Policy, Planning, and Research
  • Budget update – Dewey Jennings, Director, Administration and Finance
  • Proposed stage – 2 VAC 5-455 (Regulations for Tradespersons Installing Invasive Plant Species) – David Gianino, Program Manager, Office of Plant Industry Services
  • Proposed fast-track action to repeal 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
  • Proposed fast-track action to amend 2 VAC 5-510 (Rules and Regulations Governing the Production, Processing, and Sale of Ice Cream, Frozen Desserts, and Similar Products) – Hunter Moyer, Dairy Program Supervisor
  • Virginia Beer Distribution Company update – Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • New business
  • Future Board meetings
  • Public comment period
  • Adjourn

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