# Tear gas — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Tear gas, carrier is USPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is all mail; conditions is Nonmailable irritating material; exceptions may exist for those containing oleoresin capsicum, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** Tear gas
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** all mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Nonmailable irritating material; exceptions may exist for those containing oleoresin capsicum _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Tear gas (UN1700, NA1693, and UN1693), except for those containing oleoresin capsicum.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c3_025.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).