32 Definition

For the purposes of the Federal Plant Protection Act, the term plant pest means any living stage of any of the following that can directly or indirectly injure, cause damage to, or cause disease in any plant or plant product:

1. A protozoan.
2. A nonhuman animal.
3. A parasitic plant.
4. A bacterium.
5. A fungus.
6. A virus or viroid.
7. An infectious agent or other pathogen.
8. Any article similar to or allied with any of the articles described.