Jen Zoethout, Tim Pasma

Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.                            

AHL Newsletter 2025;29(2):4.

Effective April 1, 2025, Purolator has initiated an additional handling charge. This charge will be applied to any shipments of styrofoam coolers and hard-sided coolers used as the outer packaging. Please note that styrofoam coolers with an outer cardboard box are exempt from this handling charge. The charge is approximately $20 per shipment, effectively doubling the cost of an incoming shipment to the AHL. We are asking that clients refrain from using styrofoam and/or hard-sided coolers if possible when shipping via Purolator. This does not apply to submissions of carcasses for postmortem; please continue to use impermeable hard-sided packaging for these submissions. Thank you for helping us to maintain courier costs at reasonable levels.

For any questions, please contact AHL Specimen Reception (phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 54530, email: specroom@uoguelph.ca)