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International Postal, Quarantine and Safety Regulations by Smith, David; Ryan, Matthew is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is International Postal, Quarantine and Safety Regulations about?
There are numerous legislative regulations that impact on microbiology, microbial Biological Resource Centres (mBRCs) and culture collections, with which all microbiologists must comply. These affect access for collection, handling, distribution/shipping and utilisation of microbial resources. Areas where regulations are triggered are international post, quarantine and safety. The legislation and supporting documents are often difficult to find and understand, therefore the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC) has a long history in providing advice and guidance to help compliance with such legislation. A visit to the WFCC library (http://www.wfcc.info/wfcc_library/) will provide information on postal requirements shipping dangerous goods and on control measures in place for biosecurity to control access to dangerous pathogens. This paper will update such communications and provide relevant information on: Health and Safety (H&S); Quarantine regulations; and Postal Regulations and Safety. Other papers in this special issue will address elements that impact on distribution and use of microorganisms for example in packaging, legislation on the proliferation, distribution an
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- Author
- Smith, David; Ryan, Matthew
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing (ISSN 1324-4272)
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Life Sciences)