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The Postal Service is reminding customers that metallic mercury and devices containing metallic mercury are always prohibited in the mail stream. This includes antique items such as thermometers, barometers, blood pressure monitors and similar devices.

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December 10, 2009

Animal Fighting Advertisements and Ventures

An advance copy of the final rule Federal Register notice to align our standards with the Animal Welfare Act is available on Postal Explorer at pe.usps.com.

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 amended certain provisions of the Animal Welfare Act pertaining to animal fighting ventures. The Act’s amendments added prohibitions on using the mail service of the United States to promote animal fighting ventures or instruments used in animal fighting ventures.