{"operation":"document","citation":"49 CFR 172.432","title":"INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE label.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-08-18","summary":"(a) Except for size and color, the INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE label must be as follows:\n\n(b) In addition to complying with § 172.407, the background on the INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE label must be white.\n\n(c) Labels conforming to requirements in place on August 18, 2011 may continue to be used until October 1, ","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-172-432.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-172-432.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/49-cfr-172-432","source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2026-08-18/title-49/section-172.432","body":"(a) Except for size and color, the INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE label must be as follows:\n\n(b) In addition to complying with § 172.407, the background on the INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE label must be white.\n\n(c) Labels conforming to requirements in place on August 18, 2011 may continue to be used until October 1, 2014.\n\n[Amdt. 172-123, 56 FR 66258, Dec. 20, 1991, as amended at 67 FR 53136, Aug. 14, 2002; 76 FR 43527, July 20, 2011; 76 FR 56314, Sept. 13, 2011; 76 FR 81400, Dec. 28, 2011]","truncated":false,"body_characters":477}