Update Notice

Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail
January 2008

Note: In this online version of Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, change bars (vertical lines in the margin) indicate that Postal Bulletin updates have been incorporated in the adjacent text.

Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail, published January 2008, has been updated with revisions published in Postal Bulletin (PB) articles through December 4, 2008, as follows:

This chapter, subchapter, part, section, or ICL…	titled…	is…	effective…	as noted in Postal Bulletin issue …
Chapter 4, Restricted Matter
452.2	Cremated Remains	revised to offer a new option (Express Mail service) for mailing cremated human remains to domestic addresses and to eliminate the current requirement for requesting a return receipt when the remains are sent via Registered Mail service.	9-25-2008	22242
Chapter 6, International Mail
643.3, 643.4, 643.5, and 643.6	Tobacco Seeds and Tobacco Plants	deleted to eliminate the requirement for a written permit to export tobacco seeds and live tobacco plants.	12-4-2008	22246