0579-AE63 202204 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 0500 Department of Agriculture USDA Regulation of the Movement of Animals Modified or Produced by Genetic Engineering

We are contemplating establishing regulations for the movement of animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. Under the regulatory framework being contemplated, USDA would promulgate regulations using the authorities granted to the Department through the Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA), the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA). Pursuant to these authorities, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) would conduct a safety assessment of organisms developed using genetic engineering that may increase an animal’s susceptibility to pests or diseases of livestock, including zoonotic diseases, or ability to transmit the same. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) would conduct a pre-slaughter food safety assessment to ensure that the slaughter and processing of animals developed using genetic engineering would not result in a product that is unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food.   

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Long-Term Actions No No 9 CFR ch. I subchapter C 9 CFR ch. II subchapter E 9 CFR ch. III 7 U.S.C. 8301, et seq. 21 U.S.C. 601, et seq. 21 U.S.C. 451, et seq. No ANPRM 12/28/2020 85 FR 84269 ANPRM Comment Period End 02/26/2021 ANPRM Comment Period Reopened 03/08/2021 86 FR 13221 ANPRM Comment Period End 05/07/2021 Next Action Undetermined To Be Determined Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov. No None No No No No 0579-AE60 Previously reported as 0583 Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS Joint Alan Pearson Assistant Deputy Administrator, Biotechnology Regulatory Services 0579 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS 301 851-3944 4700 River Road, Unit 98, Riverdale MD 20737-1238