Prescription medicines (toxic or flammable) sent for scientific or medical purposes · Royal Mail / Parcelforce
What is the restriction type for Prescription medicines (toxic or flammable) sent for scientific or medical purposes · Royal Mail / Parcelforce?
For Prescription medicines (toxic or flammable) sent for scientific or medical purposes, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is restricted; scope is UK (Post Office counter); conditions is Inner packs not to exceed 50ml/50g per tablet/capsule or small bottles up to 50ml; net quantity per parcel not to exceed 500ml/500g; liquids in a sealed polythene bag, solids in a siftproof container, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
Inner packaging can be blister packs of tablets or capsules of liquid (each pack not to exceed 50ml/50g per tablet/capsule), or small bottles of liquid up to 50ml. Net quantity in any parcel not to exceed 500ml/500g.
— corporate.postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-10
- Item or substance
- Prescription medicines (toxic or flammable) sent for scientific or medical purposes
- Carrier
- Royal Mail / Parcelforce our reading
- Restriction type
- restricted our reading
- Scope
- UK (Post Office counter) our reading
- Conditions
- Inner packs not to exceed 50ml/50g per tablet/capsule or small bottles up to 50ml; net quantity per parcel not to exceed 500ml/500g; liquids in a sealed polythene bag, solids in a siftproof container.
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- corporate.postoffice.co.ukhttps://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf