[Taxacom] Problems with Express Courier International?

[Robin Leech]

OK, point made.  I heard one ask, "Hey!  What does Fra-gil-ee mean?"
Robin
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From: "Dean Pentcheff" <pentcheff at gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:27 AM
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Why does this remind me of the package we received (in New York) from
my grandmother (in England) which contained the shattered remains of
several porcelain plates. She had simply wrapped them in parcel paper
and shipped them.

She was quite miffed that they'd been destroyed. After all, she had
clearly written "These are breakable plates. Please handle this parcel
gently" on the wrapper.

-Dean
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On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Robin Leech <releech at telusplanet.net> 
wrote:
> Has it occurred to anyone to suggest that Customs or whatever agency
> may open the package, but PLEASE, do not X-ray, bombard with
> destructive rays?
> Put on the outside, "FOR DNA RESEARCH AND STUDIES" -
> anything that triggers the checking people to something else?
> Robin
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>> This is not quite true. Those of us working with microorganisms
>> regularly ship living or otherwise viable material, as well as DNA.
>> There are international regulations dealing with the shipment of such
>> material, as well as a variety of national import/export regulations.
>> If one conforms and materials are properly, packaged and declared
>> there are usually no/few problems. The link given clearly states what
>> type of "biological material" they are talking about. The original
>> posting also refers to insects and one could well imagine that
>> irradiation of dead plant or animal material is meant to destroy any
>> potential pathogens that the material should not be carrying.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> Quoting Heok Hee Ng <heokhee at nus.edu.sg>:
>>
>>> Nicholas,
>>>
>>> I believe the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service regularly
>>> irradiates biological material with gamma radiation. An example can
>>> be seen at
>>> https://www.adelaide.edu.au/acad/images/Import%20Conditions%20Database%20-%20ICON%20-%20AQIS.pdf
>>> .
>>> They do it for material entering Australia and I presume they would
>>> do it for material exiting Australia as well.
>>>
>>> HH
>>> ––––––––––
>>> Heok Hee Ng
>>> Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
>>> Department of Biological Sciences
>>> National University of Singapore
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>>>
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