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BRS Authority
Federal Statutes
BRS derives its authority to write regulations from provisions of the Plant Protection Act, which is a part of the larger Agriculture Risk Protection Act of 2000. Congress authorizes various parts of USDA to regulate specified areas of US Agriculture under these Federal Statutes.
Federal Regulations
The details of what items are regulated, such as organisms and processes, and how both may be regulated (time frames, permitting processes, penalties) are written by each Agency that has the appropriate authority. All formal Federal regulations are published in the Federal Register and also in the Code of Federal Regulations, a large multivolume series. Those regulations for Agriculture and the USDA comprise fifteen volumes and those governing biotechnology as overseen by APHIS-BRS are found in Volume 7, Section 340.
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ISO 9001:2000
FM 535173