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Consumer commodities are products you can purchase at grocery, hardware, and discount stores. This includes products such as bleach, aerosols, drain cleaners, lighter fluid, cosmetics, etc.
The consumer commodity/ORM-D classification and markings are being phased out of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMRs). They are being replaced with the new limited quantity requirements and markings. See Limited quantity markings for marking information.
Materials meeting the limited quantity provisions, as well as the consumer commodity definition, may be renamed a consumer commodity and reclassified as an ORM-D. In each instance, the combination packaging must conform to the quantity and weight limits specified for limited quantities of each hazard class/division and packing group.
Packagings that contain a material classed as “ORM-D” must be marked on at least one side or end with the ORM-D designation — immediately following or below the proper shipping name.
The ORM-D marking must be within a rectangle that is approximately 6.3 mm (0.25 in) larger on each side than the designation.
Before January 1, 2021, packages of ORM-D material may be marked with the ORM-D marking.
Starting on January 1, 2021, only the appropriate square-on-point limited quantity marking may be used and the ORM-D marking must not be used. See 172.316 for more information.