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Which biological substance is subject to transport, import and export regulations?
• Substance is known not to contain pathogenic or genetically modified (micro)organisms?
• Substance is known to contain inactivated pathogenic or genetically modified (micro)organisms?
• Substance is known to contain (micro)organisms which are neither pathogenic nor genetically modified?
• Substance is an environmental sample (including food and water sample) that is not considered to pose
a significant risk?
• Substance is a dried blood spot?
• Substance is a fecal occult blood screening test?
• Substance is decontaminated medical or clinical waste?
• Substance is for transfusion or transplantation?
• Substance is machinery or equipment containing pathogenic or genetically modified microorganisms
in a confinement preventing any possible leakage or release?
• Samples and specimens with only a minimal likelihood that (micro)organisms are present based by
an informed professional judgment and on the source, the history and the conditions of the sample?
if yes
if no
or
unknown
Exempt from dangerous goods transport regulations
no
Substance containing or consisting of pathogenic or genetically modified (micro)organisms
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- Substances not to be transported
yes
Substance with human, animal or plant pathogenic microorganisms
no
yes
Human pathogens: cultures, clinical specimens, infected animals
TS 1.1
Animal pathogens: cultures, clinical specimens, infected animals
TS 1.2
Plant pathogens: cultures, infected plants
TS 1.3
Genetically modified microorganisms, animals or plants
Genetically modified microorganisms, cell lines and cell cultures
TS 2.1
Genetically modified animals, specimens, cell cultures,
carcasses
TS 2.2
Genetically modified plants, seeds, plant parts
TS 2.3