• The five elements of a dangerous goods description must be shown in the proper order on the dangerous goods transport document.

Information required on the dangerous goods transport document begins with the dangerous goods description.

For each dangerous substance, material, or article offered for transport, the document must provide:

1. The UN number preceded by the letters “UN”;
2. The proper shipping name;
3. The primary hazard class or, when assigned, the division;
4. Subsidiary hazard class or division number corresponding to the subsidiary hazard label required to be applied;
5. Where assigned, the packing group for the substance or article.

The five elements of the dangerous goods description must be shown in the order listed above, with no information interspersed, except as allowed by the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. Unless permitted or required by the Code, additional information being included must be placed after the dangerous goods description.