Haz mat or not?

[340drvr]

OK, everyone laugh, but this really just came up. Is frozen horse semen classified as hazardous? Anybody transported animal "products" like this before? I would think it'd be like clean blood samples or such, and not haz, but after searching regs, I couldn't find any references.

 

[LJDRVR]

Look in the IATA Hazardous Goods Handbook's index under semen. If it's not specifically listed, you're good to go. I don't think it is, heck I used to carry human organs and those certainly weren't Hazardous Goods.

 

[pilotyip]

Dry Ice?

The seman may not be haz mat, but if it is packed in dry ice it could be a haz mat shipment. This would depend upon quanity and under what mode it is shipped.

 

[DenverDude2002]

Dare I ask why youd be carrying that in the first place

 

[340drvr]

Thanks for the replies, that's kind of how I figured, the dry ice may be an issue, but not the sample. Dry ice topic had already been discussed somewhere in this forum. (Don't know why we'd be carrying this, but, whatever).

 

[cosmotheassman]

It's hazardous if you swallow it...

 

[mobie]

Horse semen

I import frozen seman from Germany each spring for the breed season and it is Haz Mat because it is dry ice or liquid nitrogen. By the way each little dose is between $2000 to $3000 so you hope for a "take" each time you try. Live seman is another story, only will last for 24 hrs. so do not let it sit on the ramp and miss a flight.
Mobie

 

[Rally]

Yeap

Bull semen is only a hazmat indicator. Basically means that some hazmat usually accompanys bull semen I.E. Dry Ice which is a hazmat.

 

[freightdoggie]

Its not hazmat (with dry ice) if the dry ice is under 5lbs. Over 5lbs hazardous shipping papers are required. Under 5, nothing is required. Now, if the horse has HIV(known from a test and whatnot), that is infectious material, much be labeled as such and is also classified as a hazardous material.