---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 172.400"
title: "49"
number: "172.400"
heading: "General labeling requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/172.400"
---

# §172.400. General labeling requirements.

- (a) Except as specified in [§ 172.400a](/cfr/49/172.400a.md), each person who offers for transportation or transports a hazardous material in any of the following packages or containment devices, shall label the package or containment device with labels specified for the material in the [§ 172.101](/cfr/49/172.101.md) table and in this subpart:
  - (1) A non-bulk package;
  - (2) A bulk packaging, other than a cargo tank, portable tank, or tank car, with a volumetric capacity of less than 18 m 3 (640 cubic feet), unless placarded in accordance with [subpart F](/cfr/49/subpartF.md) of this part;
  - (3) A portable tank of less than 3785 L (1000 gallons) capacity, unless placarded in accordance with [subpart F](/cfr/49/subpartF.md) of this part;
  - (4) A DOT Specification 106 or 110 multi-unit tank car tank, unless placarded in accordance with [subpart F](/cfr/49/subpartF.md) of this part; and
  - (5) An overpack, freight container or unit load device, of less than 18 m 3 (640 cubic feet), which contains a package for which labels are required, unless placarded or marked in accordance with [§ 172.512](/cfr/49/172.512.md) of this part.
- (b) Labeling is required for a hazardous material which meets one or more hazard class definitions, in accordance with column 6 of the [§ 172.101](/cfr/49/172.101.md) table and the following table:

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 172-151, 62 FR 1228, Jan. 8, 1997; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 64 FR 51918, Sept. 27, 1999; 69 FR 3668, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 FR 64471, Nov. 4, 2004; 78 FR 60753, Oct. 2, 2013; 85 FR 83381, Dec. 21, 2020; 87 FR 79773, Dec. 27, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; 49 CFR 1.81, 1.96 and 1.97.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 172-29, 41 FR 15996, Apr. 15, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 172-123, 55 FR 52593, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; Amdt. 172-151, 62 FR 1228, Jan. 8, 1997; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 64 FR 51918, Sept. 27, 1999; 69 FR 3668, Jan. 26, 2004; 69 FR 64471, Nov. 4, 2004; 78 FR 60753, Oct. 2, 2013; 85 FR 83381, Dec. 21, 2020; 87 FR 79773, Dec. 27, 2022]