[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR152.5]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 152--PESTICIDE REGISTRATION AND CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 152.5  Pests.

    An organism is declared to be a pest under circumstances that make 
it deleterious to man or the environment, if it is:
    (a) Any vertebrate animal other than man;
    (b) Any invertebrate animal, including but not limited to, any 
insect, other arthropod, nematode, or mollusk such as a slug and snail, 
but excluding any internal parasite of living man or other living 
animals;
    (c) Any plant growing where not wanted, including any moss, alga, 
liverwort, or other plant of any higher order, and any plant part such 
as a root; or
    (d) Any fungus, bacterium, virus, or other microorganisms, except 
for those on or in living man or other living animals and those on or in 
processed food or processed animal feed, beverages, drugs (as defined in 
FFDCA sec. 201(g)(1)) and cosmetics (as defined in FFDCA sec. 201(i)).