--MEDIA ADVISORY-- BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood to Testify  Before Senate Ag Committee June 14

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 13, 2005) -- – Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President & CEO Jim Greenwood has been invited to testify before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has convened a hearing to review the benefits and future developments in agriculture and food biotechnology.  

Date & Time:         Tuesday, June 14, 2005, 2:00 p.m.

Location:               328-A Russell Building

                    Witnesses & Opening Statements:

                        Panel 1:            Hon. Chuck Lambert

Deputy Under Secretary, USDA Marketing and Regulatory Programs

                                                Dr. Clifford Gabriel

                                                Director, EPA Officer of Science Coordination and Policy

                                                Dr. Robert Brackett

                                                Director, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

                        Panel 2:            Hon. Jim Greenwood

                                                President & CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization

                                                Mr. Ron Heck

                                                Chairman, American Soybean Association

                                                Ambassador Kenneth Quinn

                                                President, World Food Prize Foundation

BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products.

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