Effective August 14, 2008, we are revising 601.9.3.2 of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to permit the mailing of day-old emu chicks.
Emus are members of the ratite family of birds, along with ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, and kiwis. Emus are raised commercially on farms throughout the United States. Like other poultry, newly hatched emus are nourished by their yolk sac for several days before requiring food or water.
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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9.3.2 Day-Old Poultry
[Revise introductory paragraph of 9.3.2 to include “emus” and alphabetize list as follows:]
Day-old poultry vaccinated with Newcastle disease (live virus) is nonmailable. Live day-old chickens, ducks, emus, geese, guinea fowl, partridges, pheasants (pheasants may be mailed only from April through August), quail, and turkeys are acceptable in the mail only if:
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed edition of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 8-14-08
