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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.41 · baric_ti:utt:00280

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Date
2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type
transcript segment · interview
recipient
Ralph S. Baric, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker
Christina Salazar
So do you have to get it approved?

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    But it's not something that you --
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I don't believe there's a formalized process for DNA on a filter paper. If there was a pathogen, for example, then there are intricate processes involved.
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    What about for a mouse model?
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Intricate.
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar
    So do you have to get it approved?
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    You have to get all kinds of approval from China, and you have to get approval to ship -- well, the person who did that in my lab at the time did all that paperwork. But you had to have export approvals to send the stuff, and so it took -- all I remember is it took about a year and a half to get all the paperwork done to ship the mice. DC.Scheduling@LexitasLegal.com
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    But the Federal Government was aware, by export. I mean, it's not like they were unaware that this was being shipped. You had to fill out export control documents.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I think that's correct, yes.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Through like the Commerce Department.

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