# Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins-Addition of Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis to the HHS List of Select Agents and Toxins
> **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention** · Interim rule; adoption as final and response to public comments. · Published 2017-04-12 · Effective 2017-04-12 · 82 FR 17569
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-07210
- **Category:** public-health
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 17569
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 73
- **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.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/04/12/2017-07210/possession-use-and-transfer-of-select-agents-and-toxins-addition-of-bacillus-cereus-biovar-anthracis)
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