Federal Select Agent Program Annual Reports 2017-2024
Summary
The Federal Select Agent Program publishes annual reports covering select agent and toxin regulations, incident data, and laboratory oversight. The 2024 Annual Report was released September 10, 2025, alongside a 2024 Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary released August 20, 2025. The publication index also includes inspection summaries from 2015–2023 and peer-reviewed journal articles on biosafety and select agent program compliance.
What changed
The Federal Select Agent Program maintains a public index of its publications including annual reports (2015–2024), inspection report processing annual summaries (2015–2024), and related journal articles on select agent oversight, biosafety monitoring, and occupational exposures. The 2024 Annual Report and 2024 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary are the most recent releases.
Entities regulated under the Federal Select Agent Program—including laboratories handling select agents and toxins, research institutions, and government biosafety programs—should monitor these publications for updated inspection data, compliance trends, and regulatory expectations published by the joint CDC/USDA-APHIS program.
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Annual Reports
- NEW! 2024 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [PDF – 2 MB] [released 9/10/2025 ]
- 2023 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 10/23/2024 ]
- 2022 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 11/15/2023 ]
- 2021 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 9/1/2022 ]
- 2020 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 9/28/2021 ]
- 2019 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 9/22/2020 ]
- 2018 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 1/21/2020 ]
- 2017 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 12/11/2018 ]
- 2016 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 10/26/2017 ]
- 2015 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 6/30/2016 ]
Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) Inspection Report Processing Annual Summaries
- NEW! 2024 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 1,021 KB] [released 8/20/2025 ]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024.
- 2023 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 6/5/2024 ]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023.
- 2022 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 7/12/2023 ]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.
- 2021 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 7/15/2022 ]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021.
- 2020 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 8/25/2021 ]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020.
- 2019 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 6/30/2020 ]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019.
- 2018 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 802 KB] [released 10/29/2019 ]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018.
CDC Division of Select Agent and Toxins (DSAT) Inspection Report Processing Annual Summaries
- 2017 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 1 MB] [released 5/30/2018 ] A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017.
- 2016 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 420 KB] A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016.
- 2015 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 576 KB] A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015.
Journal Articles
- Bjork, A., & Sosin, D.M. (2017). Characterization of departures from regulatory requirements identified during inspections conducted by the U.S. Federal Select Agent Program, 2014-15. Health Security, 15 (6), 587-598. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2017.0054
- Blaine, J.W. (2012). Establishing a national biological laboratory safety and security monitoring program. Health Security, 10 (4), 396-400. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/bsp.2012.0054
- Clay, L., Straub, K., Adrianos, S., Daniels, J., Blackwell, J., Bryant, L., McClee, V., Green, J., & Edwin, S. (2022). Monitoring Laboratory Occupational Exposures to Burkholderia pseudomallei. Applied Biosafety, ahead of print. http://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2021.0039
- Henkel, R.D., Miller, T., & Weyant, R.S. (2012). Monitoring select agent theft, loss and release reports in the United States – 2004-2010. Applied Biosafety, 17 (4), 171-180. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/153567601201700402
- Morse, S., & Henkel, R. (2018). Francisella tularensis: Understanding reported occupational exposures and laboratory methods used for the identification of Francisella tularensis. Applied Biosafety, 23 (1), 11-18. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/1535676017746695
- Pillai S.P., Fruetel J.A., Anderson K., Levinson R., Hernandez P., Heimer B. and Morse S.A. (2022). Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques for Informing Select Agent Designation and Decision Making. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10:756586. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.756586
- Pillai S.P., West T., Levinson R., Fruetel J.A., Anderson K., Edwards D. and Morse S.A. (2022), The development and use of decision support framework for informing selection of select agent toxins with modelling studies to inform permissible toxin amounts. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2022.1003127/full
- Shelby, B., Cartagena, D., McClee, V., Gangadharan, D., & Weyant, R. (2015). Transfer of select agents and toxins: 2003-2013. Health Security, 13 (4), 256-266. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2015.0009
- Smith, J., Gangadharan, D., Hemphill, M., & Edwin. S. (2018). Review of Requests to Exclude Attenuated Strains of Select Agents and Modified Select Toxins, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003-2017. Health Security, 16 (7), 1-8. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2018.0070
- Smith, J., Gangadharan, D., & Weyant, R. (2015). Review of restricted experiment requests, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-2013. Health Security, 13 (5), 307-316. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2015.0021 Last Reviewed: September 10, 2025, 01:50 PM Source: Division of Regulatory Science and Compliance
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