biological substance definition

biological substance means a substance containing living organisms, including infectious micro-organisms, or parts of organisms or products of organisms in their natural or modified forms;
biological substance means any pathogenic (disease producing) micro-organism(s) and/or biologically produced toxin(s) (including genetically modified organisms and chemically synthesized toxins) which cause illness and/or death in humans, animals or plants.
biological substance means a substance that is produced by or extracted from a biological source and that needs for its characterisation and the determination of its quality a combination of physico-chemical-biological testing, together with knowledge of the production process and its control;

More Definitions of biological substance

biological substance means a substance containing living organisms or parts of living organisms in their natural or modified forms. (« substance biologique »)
biological substance means a substance whose purity or potency cannot, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, be adequately tested by chemical means.
biological substance means a compound made by or derived from a plant or animal source.
biological substance means a substance from hospitals, medical clinics, medical laboratories, dental laboratories, dental clinics, health care facilities, necropsy facilities, research laboratories, biological research facilities, or from other similar facilities, which cannot be treated to acceptable levels by the wastewater treatment process, and which may contain either a pathogenic substance or an experimental biological substance;
biological substance means a substance derived from a human, animal or a micro• organism;