§172.405 Authorized label modifications.

(a) For Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, text indicating a hazard (for example FLAMMABLE LIQUID) is not required on a primary or subsidiary label.

(b) For a package containing Oxygen, compressed, or Oxygen, refrigerated liquid, the OXIDIZER label specified in �172.426 of this subpart, modified to display the word �OXYGEN� instead of �OXIDIZER�, and the class number �2� instead of �5.1�, may be used in place of the NON-FLAMMABLE GAS and OXIDIZER labels. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, the word �OXYGEN� must appear on the label.

(c) For a package containing a Division 6.1, Packing Group III material, the POISON label specified in �172.430 may be modified to display the text �PG III� instead of �POISON� or �TOXIC� below the mid line of the label. Also see �172.313(d).

[Amdt. 172�123, 55 FR 52594, Dec. 21, 1990, as amended at 56 FR 66255, Dec. 20, 1991; 57 FR 45458, Oct. 1, 1992; 64 FR 10776, Mar. 5, 1999; 66 FR 33425, June 21, 2001]