Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (SOR/2001-286)
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Regulations are current to 2025-03-17 and last amended on 2024-10-25. Previous Versions
APPENDIX 3Guide to Category A and Category B Assignment
For the “Category A” tables: * = requires an ERAP.
For the “Category B” tables: @ = infectious substance that affects animals only.
UN2814, Category A — Virus and Bacteria
Virus
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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| Family | Genus | Species | |
| 1 (1) | Arenaviridae | Arenavirus |
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| 2 (2) | Bunyaviridae |
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| Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus* | ||
| Rift Valley Fever virus | ||
| 3 (3) | Coronaviridae | Coronavirus | Human Coronavirus — SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| 4 (4) | Filoviridae | Filovirus |
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| 5 (5) | Flaviviridae | Flavivirus |
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| 6 (6) | Hepadnaviridae | Orthohepadna virus | Hepatitis B virus |
| 7 (7) | Herpesviridae (Alphaherpesvirinae) | Simplexvirus | Herpes B virus* (Cercopithecine Herpesvirus-1):
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| 8 (8) | Orthomyxoviridae | Influenzavirus A, B and C | Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus |
| 9 (9) | Paramyxoviridae | Henipa virus (formerly: Morbillivirus) |
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| 10 (10) | Picornaviridae | Enterovirus | Polioviruses |
| 11 (11) | Poxviridae | Orthopoxvirus |
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| 12 (12) | Retroviridae | Lentivirus | Human Immunodeficiency virus |
| 13 (13) | Rhabdoviridae | Lyssavirus | Rabies virus |
| 14 (14) | Togaviridae | Alphavirus |
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Bacteria
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Genus | Species | |
| 1 (1) | Bacillus | anthracis | |
| 2 (2) | Brucella |
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| 3 (3) | Burkholderia |
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| 4 (4) | Chlamydia | psittaci (avian strains) | |
| 5 (5) | Clostridium | botulinum | |
| 6 (6) | Cocidioides | Immitis | |
| 7 (7) | Coxiella | burnetti | |
| 8 (8) | Escherichia | coli verotoxigenic — ETEC | |
| 9 (9) | Francisella | tularensis | |
| 10 (10) | Mycobacterium | tuberculosis | |
| 11 (11) | Rickettsia |
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| 12 (12) | Shigella | dysenteriae (Type 1) | |
| 13 (13) | Yersinia | Pestis |
UN2900, Category A — Virus and Bacteria
Virus
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Genus | Species | |
| 1 (1) | Flaviviridae | Pestivirus | Hog Cholera virus (Classical Swine Fever) |
| 2 (2) | Paramyxoviridae | Morbillivirus |
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| 3 (3) | Paramyxoviridae (subfamily Paramyxovirinae) | Rubulavirus | Avian paramyxovirus Type 1 Velogenic Newcastle virus |
| 4 (4) | Picornaviridae |
| Foot and mouth disease virus* |
| Swine vesicular disease virus | ||
| 5 (5) | Poxviridae | Capripoxvirus |
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| 6 (6) | Rhabdoviridae | Vesiculovirus | Vesicular stomatitis virus |
| 7 (7) | Unclassified | Unclassified | African Swine fever virus |
Bacteria
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Genus | Species | |
| 1 (1) | Mycoplasma | mycoïdes |
UN3373, Category B — Virus, Bacteria and Fungi
Virus
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Genus | Species | |
| 1 (1) | Adenoviridae |
| Animal, all isolates@ |
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| 2 (2) | Arenaviridae | Arenavirus |
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| 3 (3) | Arteviridae | Arterivirus |
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| 4 (4) | Astroviridae | Astrovirus | All serotypes |
| 5 (5) | Birnaviridae | Birnavirus |
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| 6 (6) | Bornaviridae | Bornavirus | Borna disease virus (CNS-encephalo-myelitis) |
| 7 (7) | Bunyaviridae |
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| 8 (8) | Caliciviridae | Calicivirus |
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| 9 (9) | Circoviridae | Circovirus |
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| 10 (10) | Coronaviridae |
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| 11 (11) | Flaviviridae |
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| Hepatitis C virus | ||
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| 12 (12) | Hepadnaviridae |
| Hepatitis D (Delta) virus |
| Duck hepatitis B virus@ | ||
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| 13 (13) | Herpesviridae (Alphaherpes- virinae) |
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| 14 (14) | Herpesviridae (Betaherpes- virinae) |
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| Caviid herpesvirus (guinea-pig cytomegalovirus)@ | ||
| Equine cytomegalovirus (equine herpesvirus 2)@ | ||
| 15 (15) | Herpesviridae (Gammaherpes virinae) |
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| 16 (16) | Orthomyxovi- ridae | Influenzavirus A, B and C | Influenza A, B, C and all isolates except influenza A — avian H5 and H7, Human H2 and 1918 H1N1 Spanish flu strain |
| 17 (17) | Paramyxoviridae | Pneumovirus | Turkey rhinotracheitis virus@ |
| 18 (18) | Paramyxoviridae (subfamily Paramyxoviri- nae) |
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| Parainfluenza types 1-4 | ||
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| 19 (19) | Paramyxoviridae (subfamily Pneumovirinae) | Pneumovirus |
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| 20 (20) | Parvoviridae | Parvovirus | All isolates |
| 21 (21) | Picornaviridae |
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| All isolates (including Hepatitis A, human enterovirus type 72) | ||
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| 22 (22) | Poxviridae |
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| 23 (23) | Reoviridae |
| Coltivirus |
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| Animal, all isolates@ | ||
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| 24 (24) | Retroviridae |
| Mason-Pfizer monkey virus@ |
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| Human T-cell lymphotrophic viruses (HTLV) | ||
| 25 (25) | Retroviridae (subfamily Spumavirinae) |
| All isolates |
| Bovine leukemia virus@ | ||
| 26 (26) | Rhabdoviridae |
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| 27 (27) | Togaviridae |
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| Equine arteritis virus@ | ||
| Border disease virus | ||
| Rubella virus | ||
| 28 (28) | Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies |
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| 29 (29) | Unclassified | Unclassified | Swine hepatitis E virus@ |
Bacteria
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | |
| 1 (1) | Acholeplasma | oculi@ |
| 2 (2) | Acinetobacter |
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| 3 (3) | Actinobacillus |
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| 4 (4) | Actinomadura |
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| 5 (5) | Actinomyces |
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| 6 (6) | Aeromonas |
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| 7 (7) | Afipia | spp |
| 8 (8) | Agrobacterium | Radiobacter |
| 9 (9) | Alcaligenes | spp |
| 10 (10) | Amycolata | Autotrophica |
| 11 (11) | Anaplasma |
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| 12 (12) | Arcanobacterium |
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| 13 (13) | Arcobacter |
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| 14 (14) | Arizona | spp |
| 15 (15) | Bacillus | Cereus |
| 16 (16) | Bacteroides |
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| 17 (17) | Bartonella |
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| 18 (18) | Bordetella |
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| 19 (19) | Borrelia |
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| 20 (20) | Brachyspira |
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| 21 (21) | Brucella |
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| 22 (22) | Burkholderia |
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| 23 (23) | Campylobacter |
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| 24 (24) | Capnocytophaga | spp |
| 25 (25) | Cardiobacterium | hominis |
| 26 (26) | Chlamydia |
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| 27 (27) | Chryseobacterium | meningosepticum |
| 28 (28) | Citrobacter |
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| 29 (29) | Clostridium |
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| 30 (30) | Corynebacterium |
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| 31 (31) | Dietzia | maris |
| 32 (32) | Dermabacter | hominis |
| 33 (33) | Dermatophilus | congolensis |
| 34 (34) | Dichelobacter | nodosus |
| 35 (35) | Edwardsiella | tarda |
| 36 (36) | Eikenella | corrodens |
| 37 (37) | Enterobacter |
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| 38 (38) | Enterococcus |
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| 39 (39) | Ehrlichia |
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| 40 (40) | Erysipelothrix | Tonsillarum |
| 41 (41) | Escherichia |
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| 42 (42) | Eubacterium | suis@ |
| 43 (43) | Fluoribacter | Bozemaniae |
| 44 (44) | Francisella |
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| 45 (45) | Fusobacterium |
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| 46 (46) | Gardnerella | vaginalis |
| 47 (47) | Gordonia | spp |
| 48 (48) | Haemophilus |
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| 49 (49) | Helicobacter |
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| 50 (50) | Hemobartonella | felis@ |
| 51 (51) | Kingella | kingae |
| 52 (52) | Klebsiella |
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| 53 (53) | Lactococcus | garvieae |
| 54 (54) | Lawsonia | intracellularis@ |
| 55 (55) | Legionella |
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| 56 (56) | Leptospira |
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| 57 (57) | Listeria |
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| 58 (58) | Mannheimia | haemolytica |
| 59 (59) | Moraxella |
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| 60 (60) | Morganella | morganii |
| 61 (61) | Mycobacterium |
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| 62 (62) | Mycoplasma |
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| 63 (63) | Neisseria |
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| 64 (64) | Neorickettsia | helminthoeca@ |
| 65 (65) | Nocardia |
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| 66 (66) | Ochrobactrum | spp |
| 67 (67) | Oligella | spp |
| 68 (68) | Ornithobacterium | rhinotracheale@ |
| 69 (69) | Pandoraea | spp |
| 70 (70) | Pantoea | agglomerans |
| 71 (71) | Pasteurella |
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| 72 (72) | Peptostreptococcus |
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| 73 (73) | Plesiomonas | shigelloides |
| 74 (74) | Porphyromonas | spp |
| 75 (75) | Prevotella |
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| 76 (76) | Propionibacterium | propionicum |
| 77 (77) | Proteus |
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| 78 (78) | Providencia |
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| 79 (79) | Psychrobacter |
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| 80 (80) | Pseudomonas |
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| 81 (81) | Ralstonia | spp |
| 82 (82) | Rhodococcus |
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| 83 (83) | Rickettsia |
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| 84 (84) | Rothia |
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| 85 (85) | Salmonella |
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| 86 (86) | Serpulina | spp |
| 87 (87) | Serratia |
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| 88 (88) | Shigella |
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| 89 (89) | Staphylococcus |
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| 90 (90) | Stenotrophomonas | maltophilia |
| 91 (91) | Streptobacillus |
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| 92 (92) | Streptococcus |
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| 93 (93) | Taylorella | equigenitalis@ |
| 94 (94) | Treponema |
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| 95 (95) | Tsukamurella | spp |
| 96 (96) | Ureaplasma | urealyticum |
| 97 (97) | Vagococcus | salmoninarum@ |
| 98 (98) | Vibrio |
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| 99 (99) | Yersinia |
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Fungi
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | |
| 1 (1) | Aspergillus |
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| 2 (2) | Blastomyces | dermatitidis (formerly: Ajellomyces dermatitidis) |
| 3 (3) | Candida |
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| 4 (4) | Cladophialophora | bantiana (formerly: Cladosporium bantianum) |
| 5 (5) | Cladosporium | carrionii |
| 6 (6) | Cryptococcus | neoformans |
| 7 (7) | Emmonsia | parva |
| 8 (8) | Epidermophyton | floccosum |
| 9 (9) | Histoplasma |
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| 10 (10) | Loboa | loboi |
| 11 (11) | Microsporum |
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| 12 (12) | Paracoccidioides | brasiliensis |
| 13 (13) | Penicillium | marneffei |
| 14 (14) | Sporothrix |
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| 15 (15) | Trichophyton |
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- SOR/2002-306, ss. 14, 15
- SOR/2008-34, s. 38
- SOR/2011-239, s. 2
- SOR/2012-245, s. 17(E)
- SOR/2019-101, s. 22
- SOR/2020-23, s. 4
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