Standard Test Method for Assessing Non-Metered Restricted Delivery Systems for Liquid Consumer Products

Importancia y uso:

5.1 Despite child-resistant packaging requirements for most potentially harmful liquid consumer products, each year tens of thousands of young children are evaluated in emergency departments for potential poisoning from liquid consumer products. Products that use reclosable safety packaging rely on users to resecure the child-resistant closure fully after each use. If the closure is not fully secured or a child opens the closure, the entirety of the product contents is immediately accessible. Restricted delivery systems are a type of packaging for medications and other liquid consumer products designed to limit the amount of product that is accessible even after the primary closure is removed.

5.2 This test method can be used to provide quantitative assessment of restricted delivery systems for liquid consumer products. This test method outlines three types of mechanical test procedures to simulate methods young children may use when attempting to access liquid contents from a container. To evaluate the efficacy of restricted delivery systems, tests are conducted with the primary closure removed and under conditions approximating intended use of the products. Instruction for use for the intended product should be used when preparing the samples for testing; for example, storage temperature, shaking of product, and use of associated dispensing devices when applicable.

Subcomité:

F02.30

Volúmen:

15.10

Número ICS:

55.100 (Bottles. Pots. Jars)

Palabras clave:

child safety; mechanical testing; medication packaging; restricted delivery system;