---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 174.705"
title: "40"
number: "174.705"
heading: "Inert ingredients from sexually compatible plant."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/174.705"
---

# §174.705. Inert ingredients from sexually compatible plant.


An inert ingredient, and residues of the inert ingredient, are exempt if all of the following conditions are met:

- (a) The genetic material that encodes the inert ingredient or leads to the production of the inert ingredient is derived from a plant sexually compatible with the recipient food plant.
- (b) The genetic material has never been derived from a source that is not sexually compatible with the recipient food plant.
- (c) The residues of the inert ingredient are not present in food from the plant at levels that are injurious or deleterious to human health.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001. Redesignated at 72 FR 20434, Apr. 25, 2007]

### 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

[66 FR 37814, July 19, 2001. Redesignated at 72 FR 20434, Apr. 25, 2007]