Re: [Killietalk] USPS regulations

[Tony Terceira <terceira at ride_ri.net>]

Hi,

Here is a cut and paste from Wright Huntley regarding shipping 
fish........... I just ship them without any label but Perishable handle 
with care......................

Tony


The USPS is, more-or-less, obligated to take your properly packaged fish, 
but often the local workers are not aware of the regs or even where to look 
for them.

Since no post office is without the regulation book that contains the cited 
paragraph, you can invite them to read the words themselves if they 
question you. "Small cold-blooded animals" is bureacratese to make the 
regulation clearly applicable to your fish, who really *are* small 
cold-blooded animals.




My Postmaster, in Modesto, suggested the following label should be on the 
package:
PERISHABLE
Small Cold-Blooded Animals
DMM CO22.3.2

At 01:47 PM 3/8/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just recieved some information from my local USPS office.  They recieved 
> notice that the airlines will no longer be accepting live animals for 
> shipping.  I said "fish are not classified as live animals"
>
> We tried to find it in thier books but could not  (section C seems to 
> classify fish as cold blooded animals)
>
> This just happened. Please inquire at your local post office (friendly 
> people)  and find out if you can still ship fish.
>
> Does anyone remember the regulation citation for shipping fish.
>
> Richard Brice
> Binghamton NY
>
>
> To join the AKA see http://www.aka.org/pages/join.html
> Archives are at http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/

Anthony C. Terceira, Consultant
253 Central Pike
N. Scituate, RI      02857-1507
         U.S.A.



To join the AKA see http://www.aka.org/pages/join.html
Archives are at http://fins.actwin.com/killietalk/