{"operation":"document","citation":"01-0168","title":"Air Freight Center, Inc. — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2001-08-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"01-0168 response to Air Freight Center, Inc. concerning 171.8.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0168.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0168.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-01-0168","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretation%20Files/2001/010168.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\n• =\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\n400 Seventh St., S.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20590\nResearch and\nSpecial Programs\nAdministration\nAUG 1 3 2001\nMr. William G. Warder\nRef. No. 01-0168\nAir Freight Center, Inc.\nKansas City International Airport\nP.O. Box 20104\nKansas City, MO 64195\nDear Mr. Warder:\nThis responds to your letter of June 26, 2001, regarding the classification of drugs or medicines as\nConsumer Commodity, ORM-D under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts\n171-180). Your questions have been paraphrased and answered as follows:\nQ1. May a drug or medicine used solely for animals be described as \"Consumer Commodity, ORM-\nD?\"\nAl. The answer is yes. The definition of \"Consumer commodity\" in § 171.8 states that the term\nincludes drugs and medicines. This applies even if the drug or medicine is used solely on animals,\nprovided it is listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia.\nQ2. May raw materials (chemicals intended to become a drug or medicine) that are listed in the U.S.\nPharmacopeia be described as \"Consumer Commodity, ORM-D?\"\nA2. The answer is no. The material must be in a form intended or suitable for sale and household use.\nIn this scenario only materials that are in a final form as a drug or medicine qualify for shipment as\nConsumer Commodity, ORM-D.\nI hope this information is helpful.\nSincerely\ndest\nshn A. Gal\nTransportation Regulations Specialist\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n1\nAIr\nPHONE (816) 243-5535\nFREIGHT\nKANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT\nCENTER, INC.\nP.O. BOX 20104\nKANSAS CITY, MO 64195\nLaValle\nMr. Edward T. Mazzullo, Director\nOffice of Hazardous Materials Standards\n8171.8c\nResearch and Special Programs Administration\nUS Department of Transportation\n400 Seventh Street, S.W.\nConsumer Commodity\nWashington, D.C. 20590\n01-0168\nMonday, June 26, 2001\nDear Mr. Mazzullo,\nSubject: Request expansion of; DOT Letters of Interpretation \\ 10/02/2000 171.8;\nConsumer Commodities, reclassification of drugs or medicines; animal.\nI have a client that manufacturers ANIMAL drugs rather than human drugs. Of course,\nthe same PDA approval is necessary before these products can be marketed. They are\nalso listed in the U.S.P.\n• First, does the \"Consumer Commodity\" term for drugs and medicines found in\n171.8 apply to animal drugs and medicines?\n• Second, Are the raw materials, also listed in the U.S.P. as \"drugs and medicines\"\nsubject to any restrictions beyond the requirements for \"Consumer\nCommodities\"?\n• Or - for my benefit, can any chemical intended to become a \"drug or medicine\"\nlisted in the U.S.P., and which qualifies for reclassification as a \"consumer\ncommodity\" be reclassified?\nWilliam G. Warder, Agent","truncated":false,"body_characters":2689}