---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 91.20"
title: "7"
number: "91.20"
heading: "Shipping."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/91.20"
---

# §91.20. Shipping.

- (a) Samples must be submitted to the laboratory in a condition (including temperature) that does not compromise the quality and validity of analytical results.
- (b) All samples must be submitted in sealed, leakproof containers.
- (c) Containers for perishable refrigerated samples should contain ice or ice packs to maintain temperatures of 0° to 5 °C, unless a different temperature is required for the sample to be tested.
- (d) Containers for frozen samples should contain dry ice or other effective methods of maintaining samples in a frozen state.
- (e) The applicant is responsible for providing shipping containers and paying shipping costs for fee basis tests.
- (f) A courier charge may apply for the shipment of some samples.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 42415, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted.