Jul 15, 2015
There has been a change to the regulations within CFR 49 that will affect all shippers of hazardous materials that are using Variation 1 to ship various inner packagings that WERE NOT originally tested in the original certification. This change becomes effective...Jul 14, 2015
ISTA Project 3J, the culmination of the Sam’s Club program (see recent issues of iNews and ISTA Views for complete information) has now been formally adopted by Sam’s Club. For several years, Sam’s has been referencing modified versions of ISTA Procedures 3E and 3A...Jul 13, 2015
In May of 2009, D.O.T issued an official interpretation on how to remain in compliance when switching box makers on a UN Certified box for shipping hazardous materials. Essentially there as 3 choices when a shipper of hazardous materials wants to switch to a new box...Jul 12, 2015
ISTA has changed the formula used to determine test time for the ISTA 3E Test Procedure. There used to be a chart within the test procedure that based the time on the vibration table loosely upon number of transport miles traveled. That has been replaced by a formula...Jul 11, 2015
Back in 2007, Pro-Pack Testing Laboratory, Inc. celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary and was in the SPOTLIGHT with a featured article in the ISTA magazine. Click Here to read the article