Federal Register #2026-16016

USPS Proposes Stricter Packaging Standards for Mailing Live Animals

This opportunity involves a proposed update to the Postal Service's mailing standards for live animals: - The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the government agency involved - No OEMs or commercial vendors are mentioned, as this is a regulatory update - No products or services are being requested or procured - Key proposed changes include: - Prohibiting the reuse of fiberboard containers for live animal shipments - Requiring each container in a multi-container shipment to be individually addressed and sequentially numbered - Mandating that, for adult bird shipments, the recipient's name and address be written directly on the packaging in case the shipping label detaches - These changes are intended to improve package integrity and container identification for live animal mailings - No contract, procurement, or purchase is associated with this notice

Description

The Postal Service proposes revising Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail (Pub 52), to update package requirements for live animals. The proposal aims to improve package integrity and container identification during processing and handling by prohibiting the reuse of fiberboard containers and requiring individual addressing and sequential numbering for multiple container shipments bound together. Additionally, mailers must write the recipient's name and address directly on the packaging of Adult Bird shipments in case the shipping label detaches.

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