Cargo Acceptance - List of Dangerous Goods

There are times that substances do not have a specific entry in the list of dangerous goods. To properly classify these dangerous goods, generic entries are included in the list that refer to groups or categories of substances. The term n.o.s. is used to describe a substance that meets the classification of a dangerous good, but is not correctly described by a chemical name. For example, a mixture of two flammable liquids may be identified as "Flammable Liquid, n.o.s." If a star symbol (★) is included, then you must supplement the generic or n.o.s. proper shipping name by including the technical or chemical group name in parentheses immediately following the proper shipping name.

If you know the name of the article or substance, you can go directly to DGR 4.2 List of Dangerous Goods. If you don't know the name, but you know the UN or ID number, you can go to DGR 4.3 Numerical Cross-reference Index to find the proper shipping name and the relevant page number to the item in the List of Dangerous Goods.

Note that the absence of an article or substance from the List of Dangerous Goods does not mean that it is unrestricted.

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