Dangerous goods or hazardous goods are solids, liquids, or gases that can harm people, other living organisms, property, or the environment are prohibited items that ShipHack never fulfills.
The transportation regulations for US domestic movement, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), identifies the requirements for shipping hazardous materials. Section 171.1 of 49 CFR outlines the applicability of Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to persons and functions. Reference number 171.1(g) identifies the potential fines related to violations of the regulations:
Each person who knowingly violates a requirement of the Federal hazardous material transportation law, an order issued under Federal hazardous material transportation law, subchapter A of this chapter, or a special permit or approval issued under subchapter A or C of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $75,000 for each violation, except the maximum civil penalty is $175,000 if the violation results in death, serious illness or severe injury to any person or substantial destruction of property. There is no minimum civil penalty, except for a minimum civil penalty of $450 for a violation relating to training.
The ability to mark an item as “Dangerous Goods” has been implemented in the ShipHack dashboard to comply with all regulations mentioned above.
