Importation of Pathogenic Agents Order, 1997 (S.I. No. 373 of 1997).

This Order prohibits the importation of pathogenic agents into Ireland without a licence granted by the Minister for Agriculture and Food or contrary to conditions specified in or attached to such licence. "Pathogenic agents" means organisms capable of causing disease in any living being, other than man, and any modified derivatives of these organisms, or a genetically engineered organism, which can carry or transmit an animal pathogen, or the tissue, cell culture, secretions or excreta by which or by means of which an animal pathogen can be carried or transmitted.