ABSTRACT
The production and export of eucalyptus oil (and other essential oils) used to be simply a matter of producing it to the required quality and transporting it from A to B, with a minimum of documentation. However, the increasing attention being given worldwide – but particularly in Europe – to safety and environmental issues has seen an ever-burgeoning responsibility placed on the shoulders of producers, processors and importers to see that ‘dangerous’ substances and goods are adequately packaged and labelled, and shipped with a much more comprehensive set of documents. Such measures are designed to ensure the safe handling and transportation of materials that are actually or potentially dangerous substances. With a few exceptions, the main risk associated with essential oils is their flammability. In the case of eucalyptus oils, this risk is different for the cineole-rich medicinal oils and oil from Eucalyptus citriodora.
