Information about UN3373 Biological Substance (e.g. coronavirus samples)


CLASS 6.2 - CAT B
UN3373 BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE, CATEGORY B
Infectious substance which does not meet the criteria for inclusion in Category A.
Note: the following items aren’t infectious substance: substances which do not contain infectious substances or substances which are unlikely to cause disease in humans or animals, substances containing micro-organisms, which are non-pathogenic to humans or animals, substances in a form that any present pathogens have been neutralized or inactivated such that they no longer pose a health risk, environmental samples (including food and water samples), which are not considered to pose a significant risk of infection, dried blood spots, collected by applying a drop of blood onto absorbent material, or faecal occult blood screening tests and blood or blood components which have been collected for the purposes of transfusion or for the preparation of blood products to be used for transfusion or transplantation and any tissues or