Before mailing, please check with your local Post Office or the USPS website for further details. Many of these items must bear a "Consumer Commodity - ORM-D" label prominently on the mailpiece, and may need special shipping manifests, other labeling/warnings or prior permission from the USPS or other Federal agencies (such as the Department of Transportation).
AIRMAIL USPS UPDATE
For full details, see Mailability of Hand Sanitizer Update (April 14, 2020). Mailers can also be granted an authorization by the Manager, Product Classification to ship limited quantities of ethanol alcohol in domestic air transportation. If you are unsure whether or not the product that you are shipping is flammable, please check with the manufacturer of the product before mailing.ĭuring this period of increased demand, mailers can obtain an exception through the Manager, Product Classification to increase the quantity of items containing ethyl and isopropanol alcohol sent via surface transportation. It is prohibited to send these materials by International Mail including APO/FPO/DPO (military) destinations. As flammable materials, these products are limited to surface transportation-only in domestic mail. Most hand sanitizers, including wipes, contain alcohol and are flammable in nature and are therefore handled and shipped as hazardous mater (HAZMAT) in the US Mail ™. These services are only available through your local Post Office ™ branch.
Ammunition cannot be shipped through the mail.) You may be asked to open the package at the time of mailing to verify that the gun is unloaded. Non-concealable firearms such as rifles (Must be unloaded, and the package cannot have any markings indicating contents.
For the safety and security of USPS personnel, the USPS has declared certain items to be restricted or even outright banned from entering the mailstream.