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Fish meal, stabilized or Fish scrap, stabilized

HMT 15 June 2026

UN / ID: UN 2216
Hazard class: 9
Packing group: III
ERG guide: ERG 171
Special provisions: SP 155, SP B136, SP IB8, SP IP3, SP T1, SP TP33
Source: 49 CFR §172 (15 June 2026)

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Fish meal, stabilized or Fish scrap, stabilized

Fish meal (sometimes spelled fishmeal) is a commercial product made from whole wild-caught fish, bycatch, and fish by-products to feed farm animals, such as pigs, poultry, and farmed fish. Because it is calorically dense, and cheap to produce, fish meal has played a critical role in the growth of factory farms and the number of farm animals it is possible to breed and feed. Fish meal takes the form of powder or cake. This form is obtained by drying the fish or fish trimmings, and then grinding it. If the fish used is a fatty fish, it is first pressed to extract most of the fish oil. The production and large-scale use of fish meal are controversial Wikipedia

Emergency Response Guide No. 171

Hazardous Materials Table

Source: 49 CFR §172 (15 June 2026)

(3) Hazard Class

9
Miscellaneous hazardous materials

(4) Identification number

UN 2216

(5) Packing Group

III

(6) Labels

None

(1) Symbols

This entry is signed with "A". The letter "A" denotes a material that is subject to the requirements of this subchapter only when offered or intended for transportation by aircraft, unless the material is a hazardous substance or a hazardous waste. A shipping description entry preceded by an "A" may be used to describe a material for other modes of transportation provided all applicable requirements for the entry are met.
This entry is signed with "W". The letter "W" denotes a material that is subject to the requirements of this subchapter only when offered or intended for transportation by vessel, unless the material is a hazardous substance or a hazardous waste. A shipping description entry preceded by a "W" may be used to describe a material for other modes of transportation provided all applicable requirements for the entry are met.

(7) Special Provisions (§172.102)

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Special provisions may be very complex. The extracts are taken from 49 CFR §172.102. Please be careful with the information, as necessary, additional conditions may be applied that are not written here. Please check the original source and report bugs.

155

Fish meal, fish scrap and krill meal may not be transported if the temperature at the time of loading either exceeds 35 °C (95 °F), or exceeds 5 °C (41 °F) above the ambient temperature, whichever is higher.

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B136

Non-specification closed bulk bins are authorized.

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IB8

_{Authorized IBCs:} Metal (11A, 11B, 11N, 21A, 21B, 21N, 31A, 31B and 31N); Rigid plastics (11H1, 11H2, 21H1, 21H2, 31H1 and 31H2 ); Composite (11HZ1, 11HZ2, 21HZ1, 21HZ2 and 31HZ1); Fiberboard (11G); Wooden (11C, 11D and 11F); Flexible (13H1, 13H2, 13H3, 13H4, 13H5, 13L1, 13L2, 13L3, 13L4, 13M1 or 13M2).

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IP3

Flexible IBCs must be sift-proof and water-resistant or must be fitted with a sift-proof and water-resistant liner.

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Minimum test pressure (bar)	1.5
Minimum shell thickness	§ 178.274(d)(2)
Pressure-relief requirements	Normal
Bottom opening requirements	§ 178.275(d)(2)

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TP33

The portable tank instruction assigned for this substance applies for granular and powdered solids and for solids which are filled and discharged at temperatures above their melting point which are cooled and transported as a solid mass. Solid substances transported or offered for transport above their melting point are authorized for transportation in portable tanks conforming to the provisions of portable tank instruction T4 for solid substances of packing group III or T7 for solid substances of packing group II, unless a tank with more stringent requirements for minimum shell thickness, maximum allowable working pressure, pressure-relief devices or bottom outlets are assigned in which case the more stringent tank instruction and special provisions shall apply. Filling limits must be in accordance with portable tank special provision TP3. Solids meeting the definition of an elevated temperature material must be transported in accordance with the applicable requirements of this subchapter.

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(8) Packing Authorizations (§173.***)

(8A) Exceptions	155	see 49 CFR §173.155
(8B) Non-bulk	218	see 49 CFR §173.218
(8C) Bulk	218	see 49 CFR §173.218

(9) Quantity Limits

(9A) Passenger aircraft/rail	100 kg
(9B) Cargo aircraft only	200 kg

(10) Vessel stowage

(10A) Location

Stowage category “B” means

(i) The material may be stowed “on deck” or “under deck” on a cargo vessel and on a passenger vessel carrying a number of passengers limited to not more than the larger of 25 passengers, or one passenger per each 3 m of overall vessel length; and
(ii) “On deck only” on passenger vessels in which the number of passengers specified in paragraph (k)(2)(i) of this section is exceeded.

Source: 49 CFR §172.101(k)

(10B) Other

25	see 49 CFR §176.84
88	see 49 CFR §176.84
122	see 49 CFR §176.84
128	see 49 CFR §176.84

Source: 49 CFR §176.84

Segregation chart for load, transport, and storage

This chart shows whether loading, transport, or storage with other hazard classes is permitted, prohibited, or restricted. Based on 49 CFR §177.848.

No compatibility information for class 9 in 49 CFR §177.848 included.

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This check evaluates segregation per 49 CFR §177.848. Additional loading/unloading and handling requirements may still apply; see 49 CFR §177 Subpart B (Loading and Unloading):

§177.834 - General requirements
§177.835 - Class 1 materials
§177.837 - Class 3 materials
§177.838 - Class 4 (flammable solid) materials, Class 5 (oxidizing) materials, and Division 4.2 (pyroforic liquid) materials
§177.839 - Class 8 (corrosive) materials
§177.840 - Class 2 (gases) materials
§177.841 - Division 6.1 and Division 2.3 materials
§177.842 - Class 7 (radioactive) material
§177.843 - Contamination of vehicles

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UN / ID	Proper shipping name	Hazard class
UN 1345	Rubber scrap or shoddy, powdered or granulated, not exceeding 840 microns and rubber contend exceeding 45%	4.1
UN 2000	Celluloid, in block, rods, rolls, sheets, tubes, etc., except scrap	4.1
UN 1324	Films, nitrocellulose base, gelatine coated (except scrap)	4.1
UN 1374	Fish meal, unstablized or Fish scrap, unstabilized	4.2
	Films, nitrocellulose base, from which gelatine has been removed; film scrap, see Celluloid scrap
UN 2002	Celluloid, scrap	4.2
UN 1932	Zirconium scrap	4.2