The following biological materials are not subject to the Department of Transportation and International Air Transport Association Division 6.2 regulations:

• Substances that do not contain infectious substances or that are unlikely to cause disease in humans or animals;
• Substances containing microorganisms that are non-pathogenic to humans or animals;
• Substances that have been neutralized or inactivated so that they no longer pose a health risk;
• Dried blood spots or specimens for fecal occult blood detection placed on absorbent filter paper or other material.;
• A human or animal sample (including, but not limited to, secreta, excreta, blood and its components, tissue and tissue fluids, and body parts) being transported for routine testing not related to the diagnosis of an infectious disease for which there is a low probability the sample is infectious.
• Non-infectious biological materials from humans, animals, or plants. Examples include non-infectious cells, tissue cultures, blood or plasma from individuals not suspected of having an infectious disease, DNA, RNA or other non-infectious genetic elements.
• Blood or blood components that have been collected for transfusions or for preparing blood products to be used for transfusion or transplantation;
• Tissues or organs intended for use in transplantation;
• Materials that are unlikely to contain an infectious disease or that have concentrations of infectious substance at levels that cannot cause disease. Examples of these materials include foodstuffs and environmental samples such as water or dust or mold samples;
• A biological product¹.

¹Biological Products:  Products derived from living organisms; manufactured for use in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or cure of diseases in humans or animals; and e certified by the USDA, FDA, or other national authority. Examples of biological products include certain viruses, therapeutic serums, toxins, antitoxins, vaccines, blood, and blood products.