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News Release

December 4, 2025

Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to Meet on December 11 in Richmond

Richmond, Va. – The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Board) will meet in Richmond at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. The meeting will be held in the Patrick Henry Building, East Reading Room, 1111 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va., 23219.

The meeting agenda is detailed below. The Board will hold a public hearing on the Box Tree Moth Quarantine at 10 a.m. and will entertain public comment at the conclusion of all other business for a period not to exceed 30 minutes. Additional meeting information will be available on Virginia Regulatory Town Hall.

Tentative agenda:

  • Call to order
  • Roll call
  • Approval of draft Board meeting minutes from August 5, 2025
  • Board member reports
  • Commissioner’s Report to Board – Joseph Guthrie, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services

10 A.M. Public Hearing – Box Tree Moth Quarantine – David Gianino, Program

  • Notice of Intended Regulatory Action – 2 VAC 5-105 (Regulations Pertaining to Pet Shops Selling Dogs or Cats) – Dr. Carolynn Bissett, Program Manager, Office of Veterinary Services
  • Proposed exempt action to amend 2 VAC 5-490 (Regulations Governing Grade "A" Milk) – Hunter Moyer, Program Supervisor, Dairy Services
  • Fast-track action to amend 2 VAC 5-501 (Regulations Governing the Cooling, Storing, Sampling and Transporting of Milk) – Hunter Moyer, Program Supervisor, Dairy Services
  • Final exempt action to amend 2 VAC 5-600 (Regulations Pertaining to Food for Human Consumption) – Pam Miles, Program Manager, Office of Dairy and Foods
  • Final exempt action to promulgate 2 VAC 5-332 (Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Tree and Crop Pests Law - Box Tree Moth Quarantine) – David Gianino, Program Manager, Office of Plant Industry Services
  • Response to petition for rulemaking from the Virginia Pest Management Association – Nicole Wilkins, Program Manager, Office of Pesticide Services
  • Pesticide Control Fund report – Nicole Wilkins, Program Manager, Office of Pesticide Services
  • New business
  • Public comment period
  • Adjourn
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