Select Agents and Toxins

Select Agents are materials that have been identified by the U.S. Government as agents that have potential use in biological terrorism or warfare. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulate Select Agents in the United States and its territories. Each agency has developed and will maintain a list of Select Agents, including human, animal and plant pathogens, high-risk toxins of biological origin, and prions. The current list of Select Agents is provided through EHS's web site from the link below and can be accessed at the CDC web site: http://www.selectagents.gov/Select%20Agents%20and%20Toxins%20List.html. Yale University's policy on CDC/USDA/APHIS Select Agents is provided in Section 12 of the Yale University Biological Safety Manual and can be accessed at this link: http://www.yale.edu/oehs/Documents/Bio/BiosafetyManualSection12SelectAgents.pdf.