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Classification, Personal Electronic Devices, Consumer Commodities, and Preparing Hazardous Materials for Transport Welcome back to the Regulatory Helpdesk where we...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 25, 2018

Dear Valued Customer, In an effort to continuously improve the quality and performance of our UN packaging, we occasionally must...

Michael Zendano May 22, 2018

IATA declaration, limited quantity labels, training requirements, and placarding Welcome back to the Regulatory Helpdesk where we answer your dangerous...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 18, 2018

2mm Label Border Requirement Changed As most hazardous goods professionals know, HM-215N was intended to harmonize the 49 CFR regulations...

Michael Zendano May 16, 2018

WHMIS 2015 SDS Requirements Next in our WHMIS 2015 series we’ll discuss the Safety Data Sheet (SDS), formerly known as...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 15, 2018

Here are three new acronyms for you to keep in mind during the month of May. There is NEC which is...

ICC Regulatory Expert May 11, 2018

The Hawk’s Nest Incident In Muriel Rukeyser’s book, The Book of the Dead, which is considered poetry, it tells of...

July 07, 2016

When you work in the field of safety, and so does your husband, it makes for interesting living situations. I...

May 27, 2016

Chlorine gas is a scary material. This yellowish gas can kill people at very low concentrations in air. Travelling wherever...

Barbara Foster May 18, 2016

There are lots of songs out in the world about letters. You remember those things we used to write and...

April 22, 2016

Traffic in many metropolitan areas can be nasty. Ask anyone who lives in a large city and chances are they will...

April 11, 2016

West, TX – April 17, 2013 As we approach the third anniversary of the catastrophic explosion involving ammonium nitrate fertilizer...

ICC Regulatory Expert March 23, 2016

DG / HazMat Industry Acronyms Have you ever spoken with a seasoned Hazmat professional who is seemingly talking in gibberish??...

We have all used a fiberboard (or cardboard as most people call it) box to ship something. It may have...

ICC Regulatory Expert October 21, 2015

One of the confusing aspects of transporting dangerous goods is the web of different regulations that can affect a shipment....

Barbara Foster October 13, 2015

Have you ever prepared a shipment that you were 100% certain was done according to regulation, only to have it...

ICC Regulatory Expert August 28, 2015

Despite the publicity and awareness campaigns around the labels, SDS and classification aspects of WHMIS 2015, there are a few...

ICC Regulatory Expert August 21, 2015

Simon Says . . . It’s All About Following Directions An experienced shipper knows that in order to be compliant...

ICC Regulatory Expert July 30, 2015

A recent post, that has sparked a lot of debate in some of my circles, has led me to do...

July 15, 2015