Human or animal ashes
For Human or animal ashes, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is restricted; scope is Royal Mail only; prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide; conditions is Volume per item must not exceed 50g; ashes in a sift-proof container, securely closed, in strong outer packaging; can only be sent using a Royal Mail service and are prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Item category
- Human or animal ashes verified
- Carrier
- Royal Mail / Parcelforce our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- Royal Mail only; prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide our reading
- Conditions
- Volume per item must not exceed 50g; ashes in a sift-proof container, securely closed, in strong outer packaging; can only be sent using a Royal Mail service and are prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide. verified
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What the source says
Human or animal ashes can only be sent using a Royal Mail service and must not exceed 50g in weight. These items are prohibited by Parcelforce Worldwide.
— corporate.postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- corporate.postoffice.co.ukhttps://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf