[Nhcoll-l] "Zip-lock" food storage bags

[Dirk Neumann]

Dear all,

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.

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.).

If you ship alcohol material under IATA special provision A180, HEAT 
SEALING is a must.

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.

All the best
Dirk



Am 26.02.2018 um 17:30 schrieb Alexandra Snyder:
>
> This morning, once 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 would discard packages if the package was 
> leaking fluid.
>
>
> A zip-lock can be used as a first bag, to hold specimens wrapped in 
> cheesecloth or toweling,  but the _outer bag_ that holds the 
> individual collections should be a 4-mil plastic bag with a _sealed_ 
> 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.
>
>
> *************************************
> Alexandra M Snyder, Collections Manager-Fishes
> Museum of Southwestern Biology MSC03-2020
> University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131
> PH./FAX 505.277.6005 amsnyder at unm.edu
>
> PHYSICAL ADDRESS FOR FEDEX/UPS
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