Child-resistant packaging refers to special packaging used to reduce the risk of children ingesting dangerous items. This special packaging is achieved by the use of special safety caps or packs that cannot be opened by children.
These child-resistant safety features are required for prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, pesticides and household chemicals. The regulations for child-resistant packaging are based on protocols and performance tests of packages with actual children to determine if the packages can be opened. Additional package testing has also been done more recently to determine if aged individuals or people with disabilities have the ability to open the same packages.
In a press release, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission stated that "There is no such thing as child-proof packaging. So you shouldn't think of packaging as your primary line of defense. Rather you should think of packaging, even child-resistant packaging. as your last line of defense."
These child-resistant safety features are required for prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, pesticides and household chemicals. The regulations for child-resistant packaging are based on protocols and performance tests of packages with actual children to determine if the packages can be opened. Additional package testing has also been done more recently to determine if aged individuals or people with disabilities have the ability to open the same packages.
In a press release, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission stated that "There is no such thing as child-proof packaging. So you shouldn't think of packaging as your primary line of defense. Rather you should think of packaging, even child-resistant packaging. as your last line of defense."
Press and twist cap packaging
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