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Guide to Child-Resistant Packaging

Quick Reference Guide to Child-Resistant Packaging

This quick reference guide to child-resistant packaging (such as child-resistant vials) is intended for use by pesticide registrants, product manufacturers, and others who are legally required to meet the EPA standards for child-resistant packaging of pesticide products. It describes various types of child-resistant packaging, along with their photographs, and how to obtain them.

You may search for a child-resistant package by one of the following indices:

ASTM Type (primary file - contains descriptions and photos)
* The ASTM type index is the only listing that contains photographs and descriptions of the various CRPs. Users who are not familiar with the ASTM classification of CRP should use one of the other three indices to locate the package and its ASTM classification. Once a particular package with its ASTM classification is chosen, the user should go to the ASTM index for a description and photograph.

CRP Manufacturer
Package ASTM type (e.g. aerosol overcap) with a secondary sort by ASTM type
Package Manufacturer Type (e.g. aerosol overcap) with a secondary sort by CRP manufacturer.

In addition to the CRP indices, three additional lists are provided:

CRP Manufacturers - contact information for questions concerning specific child-resistant packaging.

CRP Testing Firms - contact information for package testing to ascertain if a package is child-resistant, and thus be included in the guide.

CRP Consultants - contact information for consultants with experience in child-resistant packaging.

Requires Child-Resistant Packaging

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously today to require child -resistant packaging for some common household products and cosmetics containing hydrocarbons that can poison children. This safety standard will help prevent injuries and deaths to children under 5 years of age who swallow and aspirate certain oily liquids containing hydrocarbons. When these products enter the lungs, chemical pneumonia can develop and cause death.

Examples of household products and cosmetics covered by the new packaging regulation include some baby oils; sunscreens; nail enamel dryers; hair oils; bath, body and massage oils; makeup removers; some automotive chemicals (gasoline additives, fuel injection cleaners, carburetor cleaners); cleaning solvents (wood oil cleaners, metal cleaners, spot removers, adhesive removers); some water repellents containing mineral spirits used for decks, shoes, and sports equipment; general-use household oil; and gun-cleaning solvents containing kerosene.

If these products contain 10 percent or more hydrocarbons by weight and have a low viscosity (i.e., are "watery"), they will have to be in child-resistant packaging. Thicker products are less likely to be aspirated.

"We know that child-resistant packaging saves lives," said CPSC Chairman Ann Brown. "But since the packaging is child-resistant, not child-proof, parents also need to keep baby oil and other potentially poisonous substances locked up out of reach of young children."


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