Assertion: pathogen's potential | /r/DefinedAs | select agents
Facets:
value: officially
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Since 1997, United States law has declared a list of bio-agents designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Department of Agriculture that have the "potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety" to be officially defined as "select agents" and possession or transportation of them are tightly controlled as such.