This page provides links to Dangerous Goods posters, publicity and guidance material relevant to passengers, shippers, airline and airport operators and regulators.

Posters:

• Beware

  It is a requirement in the ICAO Technical Instructions that these notices are widely displayed at airport check-in desks and boarding gates to warn passengers about the types of dangerous goods items they must not carry in their cabin and checked baggage.

• Are Your Spares Dangerous?

  This poster is relevant to operators and provides examples of the items that, when removed from an aircraft, or when are being shipped as replacements, are classified as dangerous goods and must not be shipped onwards unless they comply with specific requirements for transport.

Publicity Material:

• Travelling Safely Leaflet

  Easy-to-follow safety measures aimed at protecting passengers before and during a flight, including items that passengers can and cannot take on board an aircraft.

Guidance Material:

• The Carriage of Batteries and Battery-Powered Equipment

  This document provides information for passengers who want to carry battery-operated devices and spare batteries in their cabin baggage. 

• Sending Goods by Post

  The Dangerous Goods Regulations include a prohibition on sending certain items in air mail. To minimise the likelihood of dangerous goods being carried on an aircraft, this document provides examples of the items forbidden from being sent in the post, which are also listed in the Royal Mail's Terms and Conditions. 

• ICAO's Guidance on Lithium Batteries 2009

  The 2009-2010 ICAO Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air incorporated a number of revisions to requirements for the safe transport lithium batteries. This document aims to address commonly asked questions on the transport, design type testing, and the State and Operator Variations regarding lithium batteries. It also includes definitions of the different types of batteries.

• CAA FODCOM on The Carriage of Lithium Batteries as Cargo 2010

  This document is relevant to operators holding an approval to carry dangerous goods as cargo. The purpose of this FODCOM is to clarify the view of the CAA in respect of guidance published in 2010 by the FAA regarding the carriage of lithium batteries by air as cargo.

• Transport of Infectious Substances

  All modes of transport have requirements for the carriage of infectious substances - i.e. substances which are known or are reasonably expected to contain pathogens that are defined as micro-organisms (including bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae and fungi), plasmids and other agents such as prions which can cause disease in humans or animals. 

  This document has been produced by the Department for Transport, the CAA and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, with the assistance of the Dangerous Goods European Aviation Liaison Group and the World Health Organization. It will be of use to consignors/shippers, operators and regulators. These requirements are based on the UN Model Regulations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods; the latest revision of this non-mandatory set of regulations came into effect from 1 January 2011. This document provides guidance on the current requirements.

Seminars:

• Dangerous Goods Update Seminar - 13 September 2012