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Child-Resistant Package and Microbiological Testing for the Consumer Products Industry

Getting a consumer product from the production line to a customer’s shopping cart requires clearing a series of critical checkpoints. The final and most important of these is independent testing, which delivers objective proof of safety and quality. Perritt Laboratories provides child-resistant packaging and microbiological testing in the U.S. and globally. You’ll gain access to the conclusive data necessary to greenlight your product’s journey to consumers. Our scientists can also tailor testing methods and verifications to your needs.

Functional Safety for Real-World Home Environments

In a family home, household products must be designed for the reality of daily life. Packaging for items like potent cleaners, detergents, or fire starters must function as a reliable physical barrier against a child’s natural inquisitiveness. A successful child-resistant (CR) consumer goods package test verifies functional safety. 

We apply our testing protocols to a wide array of containers and closure systems common in the consumer goods space, from spray bottles to flexible pouches and reclosable cartons. At Perritt Laboratories, we go beyond a simple pass/fail, using panels of children and seniors to confirm your package is secure against child entry while remaining accessible to the intended adult user.

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Verifying Product Performance and Safety

Effective microbiological testing verifies a household product performs as advertised from its first use to its last. For many consumer goods, microbial contamination impacts performance, leading to poor reviews and diminished brand loyalty. Our microbiological testing services are designed to reduce the risk of these outcomes by:

  • Assessing preservative efficacy: We test the preservative system in your water-based products, such as liquid surface cleaners and air fresheners, to confirm that they can resist microbial growth and maintain stability throughout their shelf life.
  • Screening for contamination: Our testing protocols can detect microbial contamination in finished goods to protect against foul odors in liquid detergents or reduced efficacy in disinfecting wipes.
  • Sampling viable air: We monitor the air in your production and packaging areas to identify and quantify airborne microbes. Our process safeguards against widespread environmental contamination that could compromise entire production runs of household goods.
  • Testing surfaces: Our team can verify your equipment cleaning protocols through comprehensive surface testing to maintain safety and compliance between product batches.
  • Monitoring water systems: For water-based household products like liquid cleaners and detergents, the quality of the water is key to batch consistency. We help you verify and monitor your water purification systems so you can maintain a stable and microbially controlled ingredient supply for large-scale production.

Why Brands Partner With Perritt Laboratories

Since 1973, we have specialized in child-resistant package and microbiological testing. Our deep experience with diverse product types has allowed us to anticipate potential challenges, recommend the most effective testing approach, and provide detailed context for your results. We use our understanding of the regulatory landscape to prioritize the right tests for your product from the start. Our status as an FDA-registered and A2LA-accredited (to ISO/IEC 17025 standards) laboratory, combined with our recognition as a CPSC-accepted firm for child-resistant testing, provides a foundation of quality you can trust.

Our scientists provide clear answers to your most critical safety and quality questions. The defensible data in our comprehensive reports provides your team with the confidence to move forward. If you are looking for a consumer product CR package and microbiological testing near you, we have global reach.

Proceed to Market With Certainty

Launching a product into the competitive consumer market requires complete confidence in its safety and compliance. Our services provide the objective data you need to mitigate risk and move forward with certainty. Contact Perritt Laboratories online today for consumer product CR package and microbiological testing. Our laboratory in central New Jersey has equipment maintained according to cGMP requirements.

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