UN2814

INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING HUMANS

• Class: 6.2
• Packing Group / Category: Category A
• Special Provisions: 16, 38, 84, 164
• Explosive Limit and Limited Quantity Index: 0
• Excepted Quantities: E0
• ERAP Index: None
• Passenger Carrying Vessel Index: None
• Passenger Carrying Road Vehicle or Passenger Carrying Railway Vehicle Index: 0.05 kg or 0.05 L

Special Provision 16

1. The technical name of at least one of the most dangerous substances that predominantly contributes to the danger or dangers posed by the dangerous goods must be shown, in parentheses, on the shipping document following the shipping name in accordance with clause 3.5(1)(c)(ii)(A). The technical name must also be shown, in parentheses, on a small means of containment or on a tag following the shipping name in accordance with subsections 4.11(2) and (3).

2. Despite subsection (1), the technical name for the following dangerous goods is not required to be shown on a shipping document or on a small means of containment when Canadian law for domestic transport or an international convention for international transport prohibits the disclosure of the technical name:

   1. UN1544, ALKALOID SALTS, SOLID, N.O.S. or ALKALOIDS, SOLID, N.O.S.;

   2. UN1851, MEDICINE, LIQUID, TOXIC, N.O.S.;

   3. UN3140, ALKALOID SALTS, LIQUID, N.O.S. or ALKALOIDS, LIQUID, N.O.S.;

   4. UN3248, MEDICINE, LIQUID, FLAMMABLE, TOXIC, N.O.S.; or

   5. UN3249, MEDICINE, SOLID, TOXIC, N.O.S.

3. Despite subsection (1), the technical name for the following dangerous goods is not required to be shown on a small means of containment:

   1. UN2814, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING HUMANS; or

   2. UN2900, INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE, AFFECTING ANIMALS.

Special Provision 38

A person must not offer for transport, handle or transport these dangerous goods in a large means of containment if they are in direct contact with the large means of containment.

Special Provision 84

An approved ERAP is required for the dangerous goods referred to in paragraph 7.2(1)(g) of Part 7 (Emergency Response Assistance Plan).

Special Provision 164

1. Other dangerous goods must not be packed in the same small means of containment as dangerous goods that are Class 6.2, Infectious Substances unless

   1. the other dangerous goods are necessary for maintaining the viability or stability of the dangerous goods that are Class 6.2, Infectious Substances, for preventing their degradation or for neutralizing the hazards that they represent;

   2. the other dangerous goods are included in Class 3, 8 or 9;

   3. the quantity of the other dangerous goods packed in each primary receptacle does not exceed 30 mL; and

   4. the other dangerous goods are packed in accordance with the applicable packing instruction set out in CGSB-43.125.

2. Part 3 (Documentation), Part 4 (Dangerous Goods Safety Marks) and Part 5 (Means of Containment) do not apply to the offering for transport, handling or transporting of the other dangerous goods if the requirements in subsection (1) are met.

CAUTION: This information is provided for information purposes only. It does not replace the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). Please check the TDGR using this link.