Standard Operating Procedures for Shipping Dry Ice

 (When Primary Material is Non-Hazardous)

Typically, dry ice will be placed as a refrigerant in a shipment of goods. The goods being shipped must be packaged according to the air shipping packaging instructions specific to the goods.

1. Place dry ice outside the watertight secondary container. Packaging surrounding the dry ice must be designed and constructed to permit the release of carbon dioxide gas and to prevent the build-up of pressure that could rupture the packaging.

2. The net weight of the Dry Ice must be marked on the outside package.

3. Add information about Dry Ice to the Shipper’s Declaration, if primary goods require a Shipper’s Declaration.

4. If no Shipper’s Declaration is required, then the air waybill must contain in the “Nature and Quantity of Goods” box the following:

• Proper Shipping Name;

• Class or Division Number;

• UN or ID number;

• Subsidiary risk, if any;

• Number of packages; and

• Net quantity per package.

Example when no Shipper’s Declaration is required:

DNA Extract

Dry Ice

9 UN1845

2 X 4 kg

5. On the same side of outer packaging, mark legibly:

• Addressee and Addressor

• A DOT shipping label for Division 9, Miscellaneous.

• Effective January 1, 2005, each package must be marked with the air eligibility marking adjacent to the written words:

• UN1845
• Dry Ice
• Net weight of dry ice

These markings are in addition to markings required by the primary good.

All dry ice shipments require package marking and labeling. All markings and labels must be on the same side of the package.

If you have a dry ice shipment prepared according to IATA regulations, you do not need a Shipper's Declaration. However, you must check the “dry ice” box and enter the dry ice information on the airbill or air waybill.

Containers including dry ice must be designed and constructed to permit the release of carbon dioxide gas and to prevent build-up of pressure that could rupture the package.

Where dry ice is intended as a refrigerant with dangerous goods that require a declaration, the "Dangerous Goods" block and the dry ice block on the airbill or air waybill must be checked, and the dry ice information completed.

Note: Until January 1, 2005, the “Air Eligible” label is optional.