Department of Agriculture September 1, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We are notifying the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has determined that the modified Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) strain TC-83(A3G), which is a modification to the attenuated strain VEEV TC-83, has demonstrated increased pathogenicity and lethality and that the strain has the potential to pose a severe threat to animal health or animal products. We are advising the public that VEEV strain TC-83(A3G) is therefore a select agent and subject to APHIS' select agent and toxin regulations.