Northern Shopper Dangerous Goods Identification

Dangerous Goods are articles or substances that have the potential to cause damage or harm to vehicles, persons or the environment while in transit. 

Common examples of Dangerous Goods are lithium batteries (including when installed in any devices), wet batteries (lead-acid, such as car batteries), aerosols, ammunition, flares, perfume, bleach, fire extinguishers, paints, fuel, auto struts and shocks using compressed gas, fridges and freezers, and any parts that have come in contact with fuel. 

We send our Dangerous Goods consignments to P.R.E.P. Services for repackaging and documentation.

How to Identify Dangerous Goods

The manufacturer’s label located on the product often has visual indications of Dangerous Goods (DG). The presence of the following labels indicates DG:

The corrosive, Health Hazard and Exclamation point GHS symbol MAY indicate the presence of DG. Consult Section 14 of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to see if it also meets the definition of a Dangerous Good for transportation.

Any of the following clues on the outermost package may indicate the contents are Dangerous Goods.

Product Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

A product Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provides safety and DG / Hazardous material transportation requirements. Section 14 Transportation of the SDS will include International Air Transport Association/International Civil Aviation Organization (IATA/ICAO) or International Maritime (IMDG) DG classification and requirements.