BIS Makes Australia Group Export Control Changes for Pathogens, Toxins

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security amended the Commerce Control List to roll together entries for human and zoonotic pathogens and toxins, as part of BIS’s implementation of the Australia Group’s November 2013 meeting (here). That meeting recommended the merger of the AG lists for “Animal Pathogens for Export Control” and “Biological Agents for Export Control.” The CCL changes reflect that merger, but the scope of U.S. controls on the pathogens and toxins is unaffected, BIS said. The final rule also makes technical amendments to the CCL.