We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will hold a meeting to discuss several issues related to the use of transgenes from plant viruses in the development of genetically engineered plants. The meeting will be operated as a workshop, and we request that interested persons register 2 weeks before the meeting date. Before introducing a regulated article, a person is required under Sec. The regulations in Sec. Three issues will be addressed in the meeting.
Some plant viruses replicate in a limited number of plant cells.
The next generation of genetically engineered virus resistant plants may contain several transgenes derived from one virus, e.g., replicase and coat protein. The public is invited to attend and to participate in the discussions. Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of July 1997. Terry L. Medley, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.