Anthrax Q & A: Laboratory Safety
How are
microbiological materials, such as bacterial cultures, kept safe for legitimate
laboratory use only?
On June 10, 1996, CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement Section
511 of Public Law 104-132, "The Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996," which requires the Secretary of HHS to regulate
the transfer of select agents. Current regulations specify requirements
for the packaging, labeling, and transport of select agents shipped in
interstate commerce. This final rule places additional shipping and handling
requirements on facilities that transfer or receive select agents listed
in the rule that are capable of causing substantial harm to human health.
For more information on these regulations, see the Select Agent Program.
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