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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear all,<br>
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packing alcohol specimens in zip-lock or otherwise "knotted" or
whirled bags qualifies your shipment as hazardous material and as
air dangerous regulated goods. You need to proof that your packing
is leak-proof and may offer such bagged materials for
transportation, if your are either 1) IATA certified shipper or 2)
ship such bagged materials through certified handling agents. <br>
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If not, this is simply forbidden (and will be heavily fined - IATA
fines usually start in the low 1,000 U$ - and these are personal
fines, which cannot be covered from insurances etc.). <br>
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If you ship alcohol material under IATA special provision A180,
HEAT SEALING is a must.<br>
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All those knotting bagging or otherwise whirling up bags put the
exception with ICOA / IATA at risk, that was reached after long
negotiation; A180 can simply be revoked if non-compliance is
observed.<br>
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All the best<br>
Dirk<br>
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Am 26.02.2018 um 17:30 schrieb Alexandra Snyder:<br>
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again, I am unpacking a leaking box of specimens, a loan
return. I would like to make a special appeal that fluid
preserved specimens NOT be shipped in zip-lock food storage
bags---at all---but if they are used, zip-lock bags should NOT
be used as an "outside bag"---i.e., the bag that must hold
fluid if the first bags leak. Not sure if they still do this,
but carriers like USPS, UPS or FedEx used claim that they
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">A zip-lock can be used
as a first bag, to hold specimens wrapped in cheesecloth or
toweling, but the
<u>outer bag</u> that holds the individual collections should
be a 4-mil plastic bag with a <u>sealed</u> top. A sealed top
can be accomplished using a heat sealer to seal top (no folds
or wrinkles) and testing that seal by pressing on the bag and
checking for air escape. If a heat sealer is not available,
the top can be tightly twisted, folded over and tied off with
string (not rubber bands.) I have successfully used this
twist top seal on bags of specimens fixing in formalin
and transported out of the field. Attached is a pdf
demonstrating the seal. </p>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><span
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M Snyder,
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Manager-Fishes</span></font></div>
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Albuquerque NM 87131</font></div>
<div><font color="#808080"><font size="3" face="Times
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:amsnyder@unm.edu">amsnyder@unm.edu</a></font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#808080"><font size="3" face="Times
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<div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';
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