Packing Instruction Y963

Limited quantities

Passenger and cargo aircraft for ID 8000 only

Consumer commodities are materials that are packaged and distributed in a form intended or suitable for retail sale for purposes of personal care or household use. These include items administered or sold to patients by doctors or medical administrations. Except as otherwise provided below, dangerous goods packed in accordance with this Packing Instruction do not need to comply with Part 4, Chapter 1 or Part 6 of these Instructions; they must, however, comply with all other applicable requirements.

a) Each packaging must be designed and constructed to prevent leakage that may be caused by changes in altitude and temperature during air transport.

b) Inner packagings that are breakable (such as earthenware, glass or brittle plastic) must be packed to prevent breakage and leakage under conditions normally incident to transport. Each package offered for transport must be capable of withstanding a 1.2 m drop on solid concrete in the position most likely to cause damage. The criteria for passing the test is that the outer packaging must not exhibit any damage liable to affect safety during transport and there must be no leakage from the inner packaging(s). Each package offered for transport must be capable of withstanding, without breakage or leakage of any inner packaging and without significant reduction of effectiveness, a force applied to the top surface for a duration of 24 hours equivalent to the total weight of identical packages if stacked to a height of 3 m (including the test sample).

c) When filling receptacles for liquids, sufficient ullage (outage) must be left to ensure that neither leakage nor permanent distortion of the receptacle will occur as a result of an expansion of the liquid caused by temperatures likely to prevail during transport. Unless specific requirements are prescribed in national rules or international agreements, liquids must not completely fill a receptacle at a temperature of 55 °C. At this temperature a minimum ullage of 2 per cent should be left. The primary packaging (which may include composite packaging), for which retention of the liquid is a basic function, must be capable of withstanding, without leakage, an internal pressure which produces a pressure differential of not less than 75 kPa or a pressure related to the vapour pressure of the liquid to be conveyed, whichever is the greater. The pressure related to the vapour pressure must be determined by the method shown in 4;1.1.6.1. Tests on sample receptacles must be carried out to demonstrate the capability of the primary packaging to withstand the above pressure.

d) Stoppers, corks or other such friction-type closures must be held securely, tightly and effectively in place by positive means. The closure device must be so designed that it is extremely improbable that it can be incorrectly or incompletely closed and must be such that it may be easily checked to determine that it is completely closed.

e) Inner packagings must be tightly packed in strong outer packagings and must be so packed, secured or cushioned as to prevent any breakage, puncture or leakage into the outer packaging(s) during normal conditions of transport. Absorbent material must be provided for glass or earthenware inner packaging(s) containing consumer commodities in Class 3 or liquids of Division 6.1, in sufficient quantity to absorb the liquid contents of the largest of such inner packagings contained in the outer packaging. Absorbent and cushioning material must not react dangerously with the contents of the inner packagings. Notwithstanding the above, absorbent material may not be required if the inner packagings are so protected that breakage of the inner packagings and leakage of their contents from the outer packaging will not occur during normal conditions of transport.

f) Inner packagings containing liquids must be packed with their closures upward and the upright position of the package must be indicated by "Package orientation" labels (Figure 5-26). These labels, or pre-printed package orientation labels meeting the same specification as either Figure 5-26 or ISO Standard 780-1997, must be affixed to, or printed on, at least two opposite vertical sides of the package with the arrows pointing in the correct direction. The requirements of this sub-paragraph do not apply to:

 1) dangerous goods in inner packagings each containing not more than 120 mL with sufficient absorbent material between the inner and outer packagings to completely absorb the liquid contents; or

 2) dangerous goods in gas tight inner packagings such as tubes, bags or vials which are opened by breaking or puncturing.

g) Each completed package as prepared for shipment must not exceed a gross mass of 30 kg G.

h) Class 2 substances must be further limited to aerosol products containing non-toxic compressed or liquefied gas(es). Aerosols must meet the requirements of Part 6;5.4. The valves must be protected by a cap or other suitable means during transport.

i) Except for aerosols, inner packagings must not exceed:

 1) 500 mL for liquids; and

 2) 500 g for solids.

j) Consumer commodities shipped according to these provisions may be shipped in a unit load device prepared by a single shipper provided they contain no other dangerous goods. The shipper must provide the operator with written documentation stating the number of packages of consumer commodities contained in each unit load device.

k) The gross mass on the dangerous goods transport document must be shown as:

 1) for one package, the actual gross mass of the package;

 2) for more than one package, either the actual gross mass of each package or as the average mass of the packages. (For example, if there are 10 packages and the total gross mass of them is 100 kg, the dangerous goods transport document may show this as "average gross mass per package 10 kg".)

l) Packages prepared in accordance with these provisions must be durably and legibly marked with the mark shown in Figure 3-1.