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Preface The symposium on which this book is based helped to build an understanding of the different perspectives in international pesticide product registration procedures. It focused discussion on harmonizing data quality, technical procedures, and the regulatory process with the goal of minimizing barriers to universal data acceptance and usage. So, as we traveled together down this road toward mutual acceptability, we found the similarities to be numerous and the differences to be relatively few. Our intent and focus was manifold: First, to raise the level of understanding in the different registration procedures ongoing today; second, to discuss the international pesticide product registration process; and third, to provide a forum to synchronize technical and regulatory requirements for producing universal data quality standards. Our speakers came from India, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, France, England, Switzerland, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and the United States. They included government officials and representatives from industry, such as sponsors, research contract laboratories, and field consultants. They presented a comprehensive perspective of where we are today with our current policies and the direction to move in the future to promote universal data reciprocity. Topics included technical study guidelines, submission requirements, pesticide policy assessment, and international standards for good laboratory practices, including quality assurance and ISO accreditation of laboratories. As coorganizers of the symposium (along with Richard Turle, the Environmental Technology Center, Environment Canada, and Amada Vêlez, Secretaria de Agricultura Ganaderia y Desarrolo Rural, Direction General de Sanidad Vegetal, Direction de Servicios y Apoyo Tecnico, Mexico) and the editors of this volume, we thank contributors and reviewers, whose expertise and generosity with their time will make this book a valuable reference for those working in international pesitcide registration programs. As editors of this publication, we are indeed grateful. We give special thanks to the editorial staff of ACS books for their support in this effort. We also express our appreciation to American Agricultural Services, Inc., the American Crop Protection Association, American Cyanamid, Centre Analytical Laboratories, Inc., Dow Agrosciences, DuPont Agricultural Products, Fifth Chemical Congress of North America, Lonza Inc. Research and Development, and Novartis for their abiding interest and financial support and to the Division of Agrochemicals of the American Chemical Society for sponsoring this forum.
Willa Garner GARNDAL Associates, Inc. 17485 Sierra Way Monument, CO 80132
Patricia Royal Quality Systems Consutants 80 Main Street Plympton, MA 02367
Francisca Liem Laboratory Data Integrity Branch Office of Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, SW Washington, DC 20460
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