Vickie Forster is the principal consultant and founder of Forster & Associates Consulting (F&A), established in 2000. With her 18 years of experience in the agricultural regulatory business sector, Vickie services her clients with an in-depth knowledge of the regulatory requirements in the agricultural industry for plant-based biotechnology and chemical products. Since F&A’s inception, Vickie has provided her clients with a proven path to success in gaining the desired results in achieving their regulatory goals.
Specialty Services:
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USDA, FDA and EPA regulatory approvals for regulated plants derived through biotechnology and expressing novel traits. F&A is well versed in the USDA Plant Pest Act, FDA 1992 Guidance for Novel Food/Feed and EPA FIFRA, FQPA and FFDCA legislation, including the PIP Rule.
- EPA pesticide registration and tolerance expertise.
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Canada’s CFIA and Health Canada approvals for Novel plants, including confined and unconfined release (environment), novel livestock feed, and novel food.
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Strategic regulatory project planning: timelines, cost assessments and the impact of global regulatory approval status with regard to commercialization of a project.
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Globally, Vickie works with a network of regulatory partners in major export and trading partner markets to assist with global regulatory approvals, timelines and requirements.
Recent Successes:
Professional History:
- 2000 – present: Principal of Forster & Associates Consulting, LLC
- 1988 – 1993: Began career with Schering AG in Berlin, Germany, in 1988, as a Group Leader in the Environmental Chemistry (Ökochemie) Department
- 1993: Transferred to Schering’s U.S. subsidiary, Nor-Am Chemical Company where she joined the Regulatory Affairs Department assuming responsibilities for a wide-range of chemical active ingredients
- 1997-1999: Managed several projects for the Biotechnology Regulatory Affairs department at AgrEvo USA Company (now Bayer CropScience, LP), including those for herbicide-tolerant and high-yield canola and herbicide-tolerant sugarbeet. Vickie also had leadership responsibilities for all USDA permits, including biotech and plant quarantine, and notifications.
Education:
B.S. Chemistry (cum laude), Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1982
M.S. Physical Chemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1987
Vickie is a co-founder of ABTR Network.
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