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Petitions |
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A person may petition the agency that a particular regulated article is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk, and, therefore, is no longer regulated under the plant pest provisions of the Plant Protection Act or the regulations at 7 CFR part 340. The petitioner is required to provide information under § 340.6(c)(4) related to plant pest risk that the agency may use to determine whether the regulated article is unlikely to present a greater plant pest risk than the unmodified organism. A GE organism is no longer subject to the regulatory requirements of 7 CFR part 340 or the plant pest provisions of the Plant Protection Act when APHIS determines that it is unlikely to post a plant pest risk.
For more information on BRS' enhanced petition process, including information on transitioning pending petitions, please see our Petition Process Improvements Web page.
Petition Status |
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- Check the Status of a Petition
- Learn more about transition of pending petitions into the improved process
Guidance for Petitions |
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- Guidance for Submitting a Petition (pdf)
- Guidance on Petitions for Extensions of Non-Regulated Status
- BRS User’s Guide: General Document Preparation Guidelines for Submission to BRS
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- Federal Regulations Defining the Petition Process (7 CFR 340.6)
- Appendix I of the 1998 U.S. and Canada Bilateral on Agricultural Biotechnology
- Appendix II of the 1998 U.S. and Canada Bilateral on Agricultural Biotechnology
- Additional Guidance on Agronomic Performance Data of Corn
- Additional Guidance on Agronomic Performance Data of Cotton
- Factsheet: Permitting Progress into Tomorrow
- Factsheet: USDA's Biotechnology Deregulation Process
- Table of petitions for determination of nonregulated status
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Learn More about enhancements to the way APHIS solicits public input on petitions.
If you can’t find answers to your questions about the petition process here, please contact a BRS biotechnologist by sending your questions to biotechquery@aphis.usda.gov.
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