APHIS, CDC Amend Regulations on Select Agents and Toxins List

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (here) and the Centers for Disease Control (here) issued concurrent final rules amending their regulations related to the Select Agents and Toxins List. Though they made no changes to the actual list in their update, which is required every two years, they added regulatory provisions to address the inactivation of select agents, address biocontainment and biosafety, and clarify regulatory language concerning security, training, incident response and records, APHIS said. “These changes will increase the usability of the select agent regulations as well as providing for enhanced program oversight,” APHIS said.