See the list below for agencies and common examples.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
International Movement
Oversight: Materials that are or may be infectious to humans
Examples : Human samples (blood, tissues, body fluids)
Vectors of human disease (bats, arthropods, snails)
Human or non-human primate remains
LINK: www.cdc.gov/cpr/ipp/index.htm
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
International and Interstate Movement
APHIS Veterinary Services (VS)
Oversight: animals or animal products
Examples: Animals (transgenic animals, tissues, embryos or sperm)
Animal Products (FBS, albumin)
Cell Lines (including Monoclonal antibodies, cell culture supernatants, ascitic fluid, cell extracts, hybridomas)
Recombinant Materials (bacteria, viruses, yeasts/fungi, proteins, hormones, extracts, plasmids, DNA, RNA)
APHIS Organisms and Vectors (OV)
Oversight: Livestock and Poultry Pathogens
Examples: Some avian influenzas, Candida albicans, Enterococcus spp, Klebsiella pneumoniae
Full List here: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal-product-import/organisms-vectors/livestock-poultry-pathogens
LINK: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease
APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS)
Oversight: GMO plant pathogens
Examples: any organisms developed using genetic engineering that may pose a risk to plant health
LINK: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/biotechnology
APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
Oversight: Plants and Plant Products
Examples: Plant Pathogens or Pests (plant feeding insects, mites, snails, slugs, and plant pathogenic bacteria, viruses, fungi)
Soil
Seeds
LINK: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-imports/how-to-import
Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP)
International and Interstate Movement
Oversight: possession, use and transfer of biological select agents and toxins, which have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health or to animal or plant products
Examples: Botulinum neurotoxins, Marburg virus, Rift Valley Fever virus
Full list here: https://www.selectagents.gov/sat/list.htm
**Must also have approval from University of Pittsburgh Responsible Official https://www.ehs.pitt.edu/lab-safety/biosafety-program
LINK: https://www.selectagents.gov/sat/index.htm
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
International Movement
Oversight: all materials covered by FDA in the US are also subject to FDA import review
Examples: Medical products (drugs, vaccines, devices, and biological products)
Radiation emitting devices
Tobacco products
LINK: https://www.fda.gov/industry/import-program-food-and-drug-administration-fda/import-basics
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
International and Interstate Movement
Oversight: conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats
Examples: wild mammals, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, arthropod, any non-domesticated animal material
LINK: www.fws.gov/le/businesses.html
Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
International Movement
Oversight: International trade in specimens of endangered or threatened wild animals and plants
Examples: Endangered species and their materials (animals and plants)
Full List here: https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php