Opinion No. (1990)

Charles E. Kruse, Director Missouri Department of Agriculture P. O. Box 630 1616 Missouri Boulevard Jefferson City, MO 65102

Dear Director Kruse:

This opinion letter is in response to your question asking:

Whether existing law gives the Missouri Department of Agriculture or the State Entomologist the authority to regulate the movement of genetically engineered plants or plant products that have been altered by the use of an allegedly disarmed plant "pest," i.e., an organism that under normal circumstances would be injurious to plants or plant products but has been altered so as (1) to serve as a…