Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins-Addition of Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis to the HHS List of Select Agents and Toxins
public-health · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Rule · Published 2017-04-12 · Effective 2017-04-12 · 82 FR 17569
Document
Document number
2017-07210
Federal Register citation
82 FR 17569
CFR reference
42 CFR 73
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule; adoption as final and response to public comments.
Category
public-health
Sub-agency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publication date
2017-04-12
Effective date
2017-04-12
HHS docket
CDC Docket No. CDC-2016-0045
Abstract
On September 14, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published in the Federal Register (81 FR 63138) an interim final rule and request for comments which added Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis to the list of HHS select agents and toxins as a Tier 1 select agent. CDC received two comments, both of which supported the rule change.