Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2011L00992:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2011L00992
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 15560–18606

Regulator as soon as reasonably practicable.

Accounting requirements
      1.1.1.4           Procedures must be in place to ensure that all GMOs or the number of primary containers of cultures of GMOs transported, can be accounted for and that a loss of GMOs during transport, or the failure of delivery, can be detected. These procedures must be implemented for all transport events, except where transport takes place entirely within a building and the GMOs are accompanied by a person mentioned in an IBC's record of assessment as having the appropriate training and experience to deal with the GMOs at all times.

Security arrangements
      1.1.1.5           Access to the GMOs must be restricted, by any means that is effective, to only a person or class of persons mentioned in an IBC's record of assessment as having the appropriate training and experience to deal with the GMOs. This includes situations where containers are left for collection in a loading area, or left unattended prior to decontamination.

NOTE: Access in such cases could be restricted, for example, by keeping the containers in a locked area until collection.

Decontamination of containers
      1.1.1.6           The external surface of the outermost container must be decontaminated prior to transport.

NOTE: Where appropriate, visual inspection of the container(s) may be used to confirm whether decontamination is necessary (e.g. in the case of macroscopic organisms which are easy to see).

      1.1.1.7           Containers must be decontaminated after transport.

Packaging with coolants
      1.1.1.8           If the material being transported is to be cooled using dry ice, liquid nitrogen or any other coolant that will release a gas, then a mechanism to allow the escape of the gas must be included. If water ice is used as a coolant then the outer packaging should be constructed so as to prevent any leakage. All containers must be able to withstand the temperatures to which they will be subjected.

       1.1.2 PC1 GM micro-organisms (including plants or animals containing GM micro-organisms)

The following requirements, in addition to the General Requirements (Part 1.1.1), apply to the transport of GM micro-organisms (including GM or non-GM plants or GM or non-GM animals containing GM micro-organisms) to which Part 1.1 of these guidelines apply.

Containment
      1.1.2.1           GM micro-organisms to be transported, including plants or animals containing GM micro-organisms, must be wholly contained inside a sealed, unbreakable primary container.

Labelling
      1.1.2.2           Animals containing GM micro-organisms or their containers must be tagged or labelled so as to indicate that they contain GMOs. Large animals, such as pigs, sheep, cattle etc., must be individually tagged (e.g. by microchip, tattoos, ear tags or ear notches).

      1.1.2.3           Plants containing GM micro-organisms or their containers must be tagged or labelled so as to indicate that they contain GMOs.

Decontamination of material