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New Mailing Standards for Live Animals

Key claim: The Postal Service is updating its mailing rules so live-animal packages must be packed more securely and labeled more clearly so they hold up and can be identified during sorting and handling.

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(Rule · Postal Service) The Postal Service is revising Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail (Pub 52), to improve package integrity and container identification for live animal shipments during processing and handling.

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The Postal Service is updating its mailing rules so live-animal packages must be packed more securely and labeled more clearly so they hold up and can be identified during sorting and handling.

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New Mailing Standards for Live Animals
Stage: final rule · federal-register · 19-oct-2026

The Postal Service is updating its mailing rules so live-animal packages must be packed more securely and labeled more clearly so they hold up and can be identified during sorting and handling.

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External: fedreg:2026-21317

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