# 7 CFR § 301.1-1: Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.1-1

## Section

- **Citation:** 7 CFR § 301.1-1
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 7—Agriculture > Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER III—ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE > PART 301—DOMESTIC QUARANTINE NOTICES > Subpart A—Preemption and Special Need Requests

## Text

Administrator. The Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), or any person authorized to act for the Administrator.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Biological control organism. Any enemy, antagonist, or competitor used to control a plant pest or noxious weed.
Interstate commerce. Trade, traffic, or other commerce
(1) From one State into or through any other State or
(2) Within the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
Move (moved, movement). Shipped, offered to a common carrier for shipment, received for transportation or transported by a common carrier, or carried, transported, moved or allowed to be moved.
Noxious weed. Any plant or plant product that can directly or indirectly injure or cause damage to crops (including nursery stock or plant products), livestock, poultry, or other interests of agriculture, irrigation, navigation, the natural resources of the United States, the public health or the environment.
Plant pest. Any living stage of any insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, protozoa, or other invertebrate animals, bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or reproductive parts thereof, viruses, or any organisms similar to or allied with any of the foregoing, or any infectious substances which can directly or indirectly injure or cause disease or damage in any plants or parts thereof or any processed, manufactured, or other products of plants.
State. The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or any State, territory, or possession of the United States.

## Nearby sections

- [7 CFR § 301.1 § 301.1 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.1.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.1-1 § 301.1-1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.1-1.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.1-2 § 301.1-2 Criteria for special need requests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.1-2.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.1-3 § 301.1-3 Action on special need requests.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.1-3.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.10 § 301.10 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.10.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.11 § 301.11 Notice of quarantine; prohibition on the interstate movement of certain imported plants and plant parts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.11.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32 § 301.32 Restrictions on interstate movement of regulated articles.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32-1 § 301.32-1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32-1.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32-2 § 301.32-2 Regulated articles.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32-2.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32-3 § 301.32-3 Quarantined areas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32-3.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32-4 § 301.32-4 Conditions governing the interstate movement of regulated articles from quarantined areas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32-4.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32-5 § 301.32-5 Issuance and cancellation of certificates and limited permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32-5.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32-6 § 301.32-6 Compliance agreements and cancellation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32-6.md)
- [7 CFR § 301.32-7 § 301.32-7 Assembly and inspection of regulated articles.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-7-301.32-7.md)

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