b'ASSOCIATION NEWS Bulking and Sampling CommitteeCorinne Guimier (Chair), Eddie Goldschagg and Chandrashekara Bhat (Vice-Chairs)www.seedtest.org/en/technical-committees/bulking-sampling-committee.htmlBulking and Sampling Committee members present at the closed meeting held during the 34th ISTA Congress in Christchurch in May 2025THE ISTA BULKING AND SAMPLINGis a connection between the seed testingHighlights of the Year COMMITTEE (BSC) IS RESPONSIBLElaboratory, the seed company and the seed(January 2024 to present)FOR UPDATING CHAPTER 2 OF THEcertification agency. The Committee considersISTA Rules Change ProposalsINTERNATIONAL RULES FOR SEEDscientific and commercial aspects, as well asOur work with the Vegetable Seed Industry TESTING (ISTA RULES). Ongoing revisionregulatory requirements when developing newWorking Group of the ISTA Executive Committee and improvement of the seed sampling rules arerules or considering changes to the existing(ECOM) has continued. The objective of this work required to take account of new and upcomingrules. Therefore, the Committee has a broad andis to allow species to be added to the 20 sublot seed sampling technology and changes toworldwide representation in all these areas andoption, with the support of a statistical study quality assurance systems in seed companies.is a forum for the fruitful exchange of experienceled by the Statistics Committee. In addition to In addition, the Committee has a role to increasein order to ensure representative seed sampling,Solanum lycopersicum, other fleshy vegetable scientific knowledge about uniformity in seed lots. so that test results accurately reflect the seedspecies to be considered for the revision of sublot lot from which the sample has been taken. Inallowance, were proposed for voting at the ISTA Sampling forms the link between the Orangeaddition, the Committee also develops practicalCongress in May 2025 in Christchurch: Capsicum International Seed Lot Certificate (OIC) and thetools for samplers and improves technical skillsspp., Citrullus lanatus, Cucumis melo and specific seed lot it relates to. As such, samplingthrough training worldwide. Cucumis sativus.28 SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL www.seedtest.org'