{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-174.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 174.21","heading":"General qualifications for exemptions.","body":"A plant-incorporated protectant is exempt from the requirements of FIFRA, other than the requirements of § 174.71, if it meets the exemption criteria in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section. Plant-incorporated protectants that are not exempt from the requirements of FIFRA under this subpart are subject to all the requirements of FIFRA.\n(a) The active ingredient of the plant-incorporated protectant meets the exemption criteria listed in at least one of the sections in §§ 174.25 through 174.50.\n(b) When the plant-incorporated protectant is intended to be produced and used in a crop used as food, the residues of the active ingredient of the plant-incorporated protectant are either exempted from the requirement of a tolerance under FFDCA (21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) as listed in subpart W of this part, or no tolerance would otherwise be required.\n(c) Any inert ingredient that is part of the plant-incorporated protectant is listed as an approved inert ingredient in subpart X of this part.\n(d) For plant-incorporated protectants listed in the subparagraphs below, the exemption applies only if the developer is compliant with the general recordkeeping requirements specified in § 174.73 per sections 8 and 9 of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136f and 136g, and only after compliance with the relevant eligibility determination procedures specified in § 174.90:\n(1) Plant-incorporated protectant created through genetic engineering from a sexually compatible plant.\n(2) Loss-of-function plant-incorporated protectant.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS","PART 174—PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANT-INCORPORATED PROTECTANTS","Subpart B—Exemptions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"5c94b4ea6967b18c72c30575fed214c484a08dd7709187c607f14a13464088a8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-174.9","next":"us/40-cfr-174.25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}