The Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA) of 1970 (16 CFR Part 1700) provides for the testing of ‘special packaging’. The act employs a hazard-based approach to evaluating regulated pharmaceutical, household, and other products based on hazard-related packaging performance. In 1995, the PPPA was amended to include adult-resecuring test for reclosable child-resistant (CR) packages. Protocols for ‘special packaging’ include: child-resistant effectiveness testing, senior-use effectiveness testing and, in specific cases, senior-resecuring effectiveness testing.
In 2008, the CPSC added Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) which modernized several consumer safety statutes, including the PPPA. The CPSIA amended the PPPA to update definitions and authority language to align with contemporary product safety law.
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) of 1972 provides for the testing of pesticide, rodenticide and pool chemical packaging where subject to child-resistant packaging requirements. Protocols for such testing include: child-resistant effectiveness testing, senior-use effectiveness testing, and adult-use effectiveness testing.
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