In the past, black rats were the most commonly infected animals and hungry rat fleas would jump from their recently-dead rat hosts to humans, looking for a blood meal. Pneumonic plague, a particular form of plague infection, is instead transmitted through infected droplets in a sick person's cough.
Tin(IV) oxide is a constituent of the food contact surface that is the subject of FCN 235 (Use of tin antimony oxide [also known as antimony gray cassiterite] as a pigment for all polyolefins for food contact applications).
Taxpayer Identification Number. A Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is an identifying number used for tax purposes in the United States. It is also known as a Tax Identification Number or Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. A TIN may be assigned by the Social Security Administration or by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Section 6109(a) of the Internal Revenue Code provides (in part) that When required by regulations prescribed by the Secretary [of the Treasury or his delegate] [ . . .