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AgVetLink April 2003

What's coming up

• Australian Registration Liaison Committee
  The next meeting, which will be held in Canberra on 7-8 May, will be attended by Brian Pidford (ACVM Group Programme Manager, Verification) and Maree Zinzley (ACVM Group Programme Manager, Operations). The meeting covers a range of registration and compliance issues and is attended by people from the Commonwealth as well as by representatives from the states and territories. Maree and Brian will take the opportunity to touch base with their counterparts in Australia. There will also be an opportunity to discuss parallel interests regarding international GMP and QA/QC assessment and adverse event reporting programmes for veterinary medicines and for agrichemicals.
• VICH Safety Working Group
  John Reeve will attend the meeting in Brussels in late April. This meeting is to progress the chronic toxicity and microbial safety guidelines.
• VICH Steering Group
  The 12 th Steering Group meeting is to be held in London in early May. Debbie Morris will attend as the Australia/New Zealand representative.
• The Australian Product Safety and Integrity Committee (formally known as AVCPC - Ag and Vet Chemicals Policy Coordination Group) is meeting in Canberra in late April. Debbie Morris attends the meetings as an observer.
• The NZVA Society of Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarians seminar is to be held in Christchurch, 21-23 May. Debbie Morris will speak to the group on the regulatory viewpoint covering PAR products.
• AVMAC meeting
  The next meeting will be held in Wellington on 22 May.