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Television talk shows have been around forever.\u00a0Back in the 1950s there was Joe Franklin who moved over from talk radio and the emergence of “The Tonight Show<\/em>” with its first host Steve Allen.\u00a0In the 1970s and 1980s the formatting changed to include more tabloid type themes.\u00a0Eventually shows became more about interviewing celebrity guests, comedy skits, and musical performances.<\/p>\n After all, where else could you see Tom Cruise jump around on a couch or see a presidential candidate play a saxophone?\u00a0In case you didn’t catch the references, Tom Cruise’s antics were on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” and Arsenio Hall had Bill Clinton playing his saxophone.<\/p>\n Speaking of Arsenio Hall, a part of his show included the skit called “Things That Make You Go Hmmm<\/em>“. While quite funny, most aren’t appropriate for company blog.\u00a0I mention this because of a recent regulatory inquiry that made it’s way to me.<\/p>\n A customer of ours wanted to ship a can of root beer from the US to a client in France.\u00a0They wanted to know if the root beer would be considered a hazardous materials shipment. Good question if you think about it. Root beer could be considered hazardous because of the compressed gas (carbon dioxide) in solution which is hazard class 2.2.<\/p>\n Since this customer is in the US, the regulations to consider are 49 CFR and IATA.\u00a0Granted you could use 49 CFR for all modes, but I tend to grab my IATA when it comes to air questions.\u00a0For 49 CFR, \u00a7173.306 is where I started because a single can of root beer likely fits under the limited quantities of compressed gases.<\/p>\n While it does meet requirements to be a limited quantity, \u00a7173.307 gave me what I needed.\u00a0It had an exception for carbonated beverages.\u00a0IATA has the exact same exception.\u00a0It is found in \u00a73.2.2.4.2.\u00a0Now I did check to see if France had any state variations against this material.\u00a0There are none.<\/p>\n The next time you have a hazardous materials or dangerous goods question, don\u2019t “go hmm<\/em>“.\u00a0 Call ICC\u2019s Regulatory Helpline at 855-734-5469<\/a> if you are a customer.\u00a0If not or for other assistance on everything ICC has to offer call our Customer Service Department at 888-442-9628<\/a> in the US or 888-977-4834<\/a> from Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arsenio Hall, Root Beer, & Transport Regulations Television talk shows have been around forever.\u00a0Back in the 1950s there was Joe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12559,"featured_media":205670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2369,2661,3061,5073,5076],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-industry-news","category-49-cfr-regulation-updates","category-services","category-dot-49-cfr","category-iata"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat’s This Have to do with Dangerous Goods?<\/h3>\n
The Regulations<\/h3>\n