Data / Federal rules / 2025-02544
Cremated Remains Packaging Requirements
The Postal Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on February 19, 2025. It took effect on March 1, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Postal Service is amending Publication 52, Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail (Pub 52) by requiring mailers to solely use the Cremated Remains shipping supplies provided by the Postal Service when mailing human or animal cremated remains, also referred to as cremains or ashes, domestically or internationally.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-02544
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Postal Service
- Published
- February 19, 2025
- Takes effect
- March 1, 2025
- Dates
- Effective March 1, 2025.
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 39 CFR 111; 39 CFR 211
- Pages
- 2
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