---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 174.27"
title: "40"
number: "174.27"
heading: "Active ingredient of a loss-of-function plant-incorporated protectant."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/174.27"
---

# §174.27. Active ingredient of a loss-of-function plant-incorporated protectant.


The active ingredient is exempt if the following conditions are met:

- (a) The genetic material of a native gene is modified using genetic engineering to result in a pesticidal effect through the reduction or elimination of the activity of that gene; and
- (b) This exemption does not apply until the requirements in [§ 174.21(d)](/cfr/40/174.21.md?p=d) have been met.

## Notes

### Amendments

[88 FR 34777, May 31, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136-136y; 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[88 FR 34777, May 31, 2023]