Policies, Procedures and Forms Update

Manuals

DMM Revision: New Standards for Mailing Adult Fowl

Effective April 12, 2007, we are revising section 601.9.3 of Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM^®) to require mailers to package all mailable adult fowl, including chickens, in con­tainers approved by the manager of Mailing Standards. The revised mailing standards promote the safety of our employees, customers, and all mailed adult fowl.

We have approved one shipping container for mailing adult fowl. The container is manufactured by Horizon Micro-Environments LLC, which may be contacted at:

133 Bowen Farm Rd
Crawford GA 30630-1800

Telephone: 800-443-2498

e-mail: george@hm-e.net.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services 601 Mailability

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9.0 Perishables

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9.3 Live Animals

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9.3.4 Adult Fowl

[Revise 9.3.4 as follows:]

Disease-free adult fowl may be mailed domestically when shipped under applicable law in accordance with 601.1.7. Adult chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, doves, pigeons, pheasants, partridges, and quail as well as ducks, geese, and swans are mailable as follows:

a. The mailer must send adult fowl by Express Mail in secure containers approved by the manager of Mail­ing Standards (see 608.8.0 for address).

b. The number of birds per parcel must follow the con­tainer manufacturer limits and each bird must weigh more than 6 ounces.

c. Indemnity may be paid only for loss, damage, or rifling, and not for death of the birds in transit if there is no visible damage to the mailing container.

[Delete 9.3.5, Adult Chickens, and renumber 9.3.6 through 9.3.13 as new 9.3.5 through 9.3.12.]

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— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 4-26-07