# intoxicating liquors - exempt federal/state agency mailings — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For intoxicating liquors - exempt federal/state agency mailings, carrier is USPS; restriction type is allowed; scope is between federal or state agency employees for official use; conditions is Intoxicating liquor is exempt from the prohibition when mailed between federal or state agency employees for official use such as testing purposes, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** intoxicating liquors - exempt federal/state agency mailings _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** between federal or state agency employees for official use _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Intoxicating liquor is exempt from the prohibition when mailed between federal or state agency employees for official use such as testing purposes

## What the source says

> Intoxicating liquor is exempt from the prohibition and may be mailed between federal or state agency employees for official use (e.g., for testing purposes).

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_006.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/).