VS select agents and toxins.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 9

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, the Administrator has determined that the biological agents and toxins listed in this section have the potential to pose a severe threat to animal health or to animal products. The select agents and toxins marked with an asterisk (*) are designated as Tier 1 select agents and toxins and are subject to additional requirements as listed in this part. (b) VS select agents and toxins: African horse sickness virus; African swine fever virus; Avian influenza virus; Classical swine fever virus; *Foot-and-mouth disease virus; Goat pox virus; Lumpy skin disease virus; (c) Genetic elements, recombinant and/or synthetic nucleic acids, and recombinant and/or synthetic organisms: (1) Nucleic acids that can produce infectious forms of any of the select agent viruses listed in paragraph (b) of this section. (2) Recombinant and/or synthetic nucleic acids that encode for the functional forms of any toxin listed in paragraph (b) of this section if the nucleic acids: (i) Can be expressed (ii) Are in a vector or recombinant host genome and can be expressed (3) VS select agents and toxins listed in paragraph (b) of this section that have been genetically modified. (d) VS select agents or toxins that meet any of the following criteria are excluded from the requirements of this part: (1) Any VS select agent or toxin that is in its naturally occurring environment, provided that the agent or toxin has not been intentionally introduced,

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 9:§ 121.3