There are two additional regulatory requirements for shipments made from outside the United States (note that Mexico and Canada are NOT exempt from these requirements).

• First, a toxic substances control act form must be completed (TSCA form). Ask us and we will fax you the form. The form should be given to the company which is shipping the dewar (e.g. FedEx, UPS, TNT, or DHL), and a copy should be placed inside the dewar. The TSCA form is completed jointly by the sending and receiving parties. In practice, this means that we will fax you a form which you should complete by entering your name, address, and shipping company information.


• Second, you should hand out on a paper the shipping company answers to the following questions (include a copy in the dewar also):
  
  Name of the commodity (i.e. name of the protein):
  
  1. Is the commodity produced in non-infectious bacteria? (YES)
  2. Does the commodity contain animal additives? (NO)
  3. Is the commodity used for research only? (YES)
  4. Is the commodity infectious? (NO)
  5. Is the commodity hazardous? (NO)
  6. Is the commodity cultured? (YES or NO)
  7. Is the commodity recombinant? (YES or NO)
  8. Does the commodity contain bovine serum albumin? (YES or NO)
  
  Only the last three questions normally have different possible answers given the type of work we do (the answer to the first five questions is almost always as shown).