Import Permit Program
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The CDC Import Permit Program, or IPP, regulates the importation of infectious biological materials that could cause disease in humans in order to prevent their introduction and spread into the United States
Materials requiring import permits include infectious biological agents capable of causing illness in humans, materials known or reasonably expected to contain an infectious biological agent, vectors of human disease.
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