Widebody; Low Wing; 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Confusion
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Manuals
DG (Dangerous Goods) aid states no 6.1 toxic/poisons may be loaded on a pallet in position 1L if food aboard. Operations Manual states that 6.1 toxic/poisons may not be loaded on pallet in position 1 L if adjacent to crew meals/food. DG manual presented by DG agent stated that revision to DG manual allowed 6.1 on pallet adjacent to for foodstuffs. Supervisory pilot conferred with DG specialist and left message stating it was ok and that our crew manuals had not been updated to reflect the change. We flew with the 6.1 toxic/poisons in position 1L on a pallet with food aboard based on the duty officer's ok; though it was in violation of our current crew manuals.
There was an inconsistency in the various manuals related to carriage of poisonous Dangerous Goods loaded close to foodstuffs.