Class 9 - Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances
Class 9 – Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods
Class 9 Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances and Articles are substances and articles which during transport present a danger not covered by other Classes.
Class 9 Articles also include genetically modified organisms (GMOs), etc.
Class 9 Miscellaneous Goods also refers to Environmentally Hazardous Goods or Pollutants not covered by other Classes.
Class 9 includes:
- Environmentally hazardous substances which are not covered by other classes;
- Elevated temperature substances (i.e. substances that are transported or offered for transport at temperatures equal to or exceeding 100°C in a liquid state or at temperatures equal to or exceeding 240°C in a solid state);
- Genetically Modified Micro-organisms (GMMOs) or GMOs which do not meet the definition of infectious substances (see Section 2.6.3 of the ADG Code) but which are capable of altering animals, plants, or microbiological substances in a way not normally the result of natural reproduction. They must be assigned to UN 3245.
These substances are identified by the Class 9 label and the Class 9 designation in any Safety Data Sheet.

Division 9: Miscellaneous Dangerous Substances
Refer to:
- Local Regulations
- ADG Code or IMDG Code or IATA
- AS/NZS 4681-2000, The Storage and Handling of Class 9 (Miscellaneous) Dangerous Goods and Articles
- Purchase the Australian Standards
- Safety Data Sheets