Aerosol is a common form of packaging, widely used in the field of medicine, pesticide, cosmetics and so on.
Product Composition:
1.Drugs and additives: liquid, semi-solid and solid drugs can be developed into aerosols. According to the need, solvents, co-solvents, antioxidants, bacteriostatic agents, surfactants and other additives may be added.
2. Projectile agent: Provide power to disperse the drug into very fine particles. The ideal ejection agent should have an appropriate boiling point, be non-toxic, non-irritant, non-flammable and non-explosive, and not react with the drug or container.
3. Container: should have stable contents, be able to withstand working pressure, have a certain pressure safety factor and impact resistance, materials usually include glass and metal.
Classification:
1. According to the dispersion system: it can be divided into solution type, suspension type and emulsion type aerosol.
2. According to the route of administration: can be divided into inhalation aerosol, non-inhalation aerosol, such as skin and mucous membrane with aerosol.
3. According to the prescription composition: can be divided into two-phase aerosol (gas phase and liquid phase) and three-phase aerosol (gas phase, liquid phase, solid phase or liquid phase).
4. According to quantitative or not: can be divided into quantitative aerosol and non-quantitative aerosol.
Aerosols need to follow a strict set of requirements and standards when exported by sea to ensure safety and compliance. The following are the main requirements for exporting aerosols by sea:
1. Dangerous Goods Classification: Aerosols are usually categorized as Class 2.1 Flammable Gas Dangerous Goods, specifically including spray insecticides and so on.
2. Limited Packaging: For aerosols or receptacles containing toxic substances, the limit of limited packaging is 120 ml; for all other aerosols or receptacles, the limit of limited packaging is 1,000 ml.
3. Packaging Requirements: Aerosol packaging needs to comply with the requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) to ensure pressure control and the ability of the packaging to withstand pressure. The hermeticity of the package is the key factor to guarantee the safety of aerosols during sea transportation.
4. Transportation marking: The pressure and other relevant information of the aerosol needs to be clearly marked on the package label to ensure that it can be correctly identified and handled during transportation.
5. Documents required for export: including MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet), hazardous packaging certificate, commodity inspection list, cargo transportation condition identification report, classification identification report, etc.
6. Requirements for booking: booking needs to be made 2-3 weeks in advance, providing shipping power of attorney, pot inspection certificate (cylinder certificate/limited certificate), English version of MSDS, dangerous goods application form and other information.
7. Inside packing/warehouse: Packing and reinforcing of aerosol products need to pay attention to the bearing capacity of carton and the number of stacking yards to ensure that they are not damaged during transportation. The GHS label of dangerous goods cargo needs to be pasted on top of each package.
8. Container aerosol product reinforcement: Inside the container must do not have free shaking gap, if there is a free shaking gap must be filled with this gap. Box if it is not enough to fill the entire container, you can reduce the height.
9. Dangerous goods declaration: need to provide a declaration of power of attorney, pot inspection certificate (cylinder certificate / limited certificate) original scanned copies, English MSDS, packing list and other information.
10. Customs declaration information: 4-5 days before sailing, we will provide customs declaration, customs declaration power of attorney, packing list, invoice, declaration elements and other information.
11. Ship-side direct loading: 2 types of dangerous goods are required to ship-side direct loading, such as acceptance of the plan, before you send the cabinet, usually a few hours before the ship, so ship-side direct loading of goods do not rush into the port, to wait for the port acceptance of the plan.
