7 C.F.R. § 340.2

Current through April 30, 2024
Section 340.2 - Scope of this part

Except under a permit issued by the Administrator in accordance with § 340.5 , no person shall move any GE organism that:

(a) Is a plant that has a plant-trait-mechanism of action combination that has not been evaluated by APHIS in accordance with § 340.4 or that, as a result of such evaluation, is subject to the regulations; or
(b) Meets the definition of a plant pest in § 340.3 ; or
(c) Is not a plant but has received deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from a plant pest, as defined in § 340.3 , and the DNA from the donor organism either is capable of producing an infectious agent that causes plant disease or encodes a compound that is capable of causing plant disease; or
(d) Is a microorganism used to control plant pests, or an invertebrate predator or parasite (parasitoid) used to control invertebrate plant pests, and could pose a plant pest risk; or
(e) Is a plant that encodes a product intended for pharmaceutical or industrial use.

7 C.F.R. §340.2

85 FR 29832, 8/17/2020