40 CFR § 174.705 - Inert ingredients from sexually compatible plant.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s174.705"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 174.705 - Inert ingredients from sexually compatible plant."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "174.705"
section_name: "Inert ingredients from sexually compatible plant."
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"
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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"
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# 174.705 Inert ingredients from sexually compatible plant.
An inert ingredient, and residues of the inert ingredient, are exempt if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The genetic material that encodes the inert ingredient or leads to the production of the inert ingredient is derived from a plant sexually compatible with the recipient food plant.
(b) The genetic material has never been derived from a source that is not sexually compatible with the recipient food plant.
(c) The residues of the inert ingredient are not present in food from the plant at levels that are injurious or deleterious to human health.
[66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001. Redesignated at 72 FR 20434, Apr. 25, 2007]