Table 2-1. Shipping Labels - Continued
Label
Color
HazMat Class
Typical Material
Black letters on yellow
Organic Peroxide
Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide
background.
(UN Class 5)
(MEKP)
(Division 5.2)
Black letters on
Poison
Calcium Cyanide (PG I)
White background.
(UN Class 6)
Cresylic Acid
(PG II)
(Division 6.1)
(Packing Group I,
II, and III - intrn'l)
Black letters on white
Poison Inhalation
Phenyl Isocyanate
background with symbol
Hazard
colors reversed in upper
(UN Class 6)
corner
(Division 6.1)
(Hazard Zone A
and B)
Dichloromethane
Black letters on
Poison
White background.
(UN Class 6)
(Division 6.1)
(Packing Group III
- domestic only)
Black letters on
Poison
Infectious substances affecting
White background.
(UN Class 6)
humans and animals.
(Division 6.2)
Black letters with red I on
Radioactive I
Nuclear weapons
white background.
(UN Class 7)
