40 CFR § 174.25 - Active ingredient of a plant-incorporated protectant from a sexually compatible plant created through conventional breeding.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s174.25"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 174.25 - Active ingredient of a plant-incorporated protectant from a sexually compatible plant created through conventional breeding."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "174.25"
section_name: "Active ingredient of a plant-incorporated protectant from a sexually compatible plant created through conventional breeding."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "174"
part_name: "PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT-INCORPORATED PROTECTANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 136-136y; 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371."
regulatory_source: "66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "174"
---
# 174.25 Active ingredient of a plant-incorporated protectant from a sexually compatible plant created through conventional breeding.
The active ingredient is exempt if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The genetic material that encodes the pesticidal substance or leads to the production of the pesticidal substance is from a plant that is sexually compatible with the recipient plant.
(b) The genetic material has never been derived from a source that is not sexually compatible with the recipient plant.
(c) The genetic material is transferred from the source plant to the recipient plant only through conventional breeding.
[66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 34777, May 31, 2023]