Scope of this part.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

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 (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.

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 340.2