[NHCOLL-L:4737] Package to Brazil

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Hi all

 

I think some clarification is in order.  First, thank you to all those who replied and provided information that I needed the Brazilian customs import form.  Unfortunately, this form was supplied with the shipment from the beginning (completed by me and signed by the Brazilians and returned for inclusion with the package - both inside and with shipping papers) as I was aware of this issue.  What Brazilian Agriculture is now requesting is a US equivalent Department of Agriculture form stating what these specimens are, what they are being used for and what they are preserved in.  I have never heard of such a thing and wouldn't even know where to start.

 

However. I think the start of my problems may be that I poured of "all" alcohol before shipping to circumvent IATA 2.7 regulations and shipped them as non-dangerous goods (because FedEx does not have the rights to transship dangerous goods within Brazil and thus would not have been able to get the package past the international airport - where strangely enough is where it has been sitting for the past three weeks!!!).  In the Brazilian import customs document that I completed and that so many of you kindly forwarded to me, I noticed a sentence at the bottom that may be the source of my problem:

 

"The products preserved in alcohol in concentration lower than 70%, glutharaldehyde lower than 2%, formaldehyde lower than 10%, or preserved in another substance must present import permit and international sanitary certificate."

 

So, although the specimens have indeed been preserved in 95% ethanol (they just weren't physically submerged in it during shipment), I can only guess that it is this "international sanitary certificate" that they are seeking.

 

Any ideas??

 

Thanks again

 

Andy

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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager/Specify Usability Lead
University of Kansas
Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7593
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863
Fax: (785) 864-5335
Email: ABentley at ku.edu       
                                                
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