# Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins; Biennial Review of the List of Select Agents and Toxins
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2024-12-17 · Effective 2025-01-16 · 89 FR 101941
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-29583
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 101941
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 73
- **Publication date:** 2024-12-17
- **Effective date:** 2025-01-16
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. CDC-2020-0024
## Abstract

This rule finalizes updates to the HHS list of select agents and toxins that could pose a severe threat to public health and safety. These updates were proposed along with other changes to the select agent and toxin regulations, which will be addressed in a separate regulatory action. In a companion document published in this issue of the Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making parallel regulatory changes.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29583/possession-use-and-transfer-of-select-agents-and-toxins-biennial-review-of-the-list-of-select-agents)
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