Consumer and Healthcare Packaging Standards - Print version

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This volume contains 85 of the latest standards on consumer and healthcare packaging. Standards cover:

• Flammability of Aerosol Products

• Water Vapor Transmission of Flexible Heat-Sealed Packages for Dry Products

• Minimum Application Torque of Type IA Child-Resistant Closures

• User Applied Drug Labels in Anesthesiology

• Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials

• Unrestrained Packages for Medical Applications

• Use and Handling of Flexible Retort Food Pouches in the Processing Environment

• Determining Integrity of Seals for Medical Packaging by Visual Inspection

• Burst Testing of Flexible Package Seals Using Internal Air Pressurization within Restraining Plates

• Detecting Gross Leaks in Porous Medical Packaging by Internal Pressurization Bubble Test

• Design and Evaluation of Primary Packaging for Medical Products

Audience:

This new volume is a valuable resource for packaging professionals, packaging engineers, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, testing laboratories, and FDA professionals.

CONSUMER AND HEALTHCARE PACKAGING STANDARDS

Table of Contents

D 1434-82 (1998) Test Method for Determining Gas Permeability Characteristics of Plastic Film and Sheeting

D 2063-91 (1998) Test Methods for Measurement of Torque Retention for Packages with Continuous Thread Closures

D 3060-94 (1999) E01 Test Method for Pressure Drop Rate of Compressed Gas-Propelled Products

D 3061-97 E01 Guide for Three-Piece Steel and Tinplate Straight-Wall and Necked-In Aerosol Cans

D 3064-97 Terminology Relating to Aerosol Products

D 3065-01 Test Methods for Flammability of Aerosol Products

D 3069-94 (1999) E01 Test Method for Delivery Rate of Aerosol Products

D 3070-00 Test Method of Rapid Pressure Determination of Pressurized Products

D 3076-00 Test Methods for Effective Crimping on Outside Crimped Valves of Aerosol Containers

D 3078-94 Test Method for Determination of Leaks in Flexible Packaging by Bubble Emission

D 3079-94 (1999) Test Method for Water Vapor Transmission of Flexible Heat-Sealed Packages for Dry Products

D 3089-97 Practice for Determining the A-D Dimension of Aerosol Valve Dip Tubes

D 3090-72 (1997) E01 Practice for Storage Testing of Aerosol Products

D 3091-72 (1997) E01 Practice for Safe Filling of Low-Pressure Pressurized Products

D 3094-00 Test Method for Seepage Rate of Aerosol Products

D 3097-94 Test Method for Aerosol Products for Delivered Mass

D 3198-97 Test Method for Application and Removal Torque of Threaded or Lug-Style Closures

D 3469-97 Test Methods for Measurement of Vertical Downward Forces to Disengage Type IIA Lug-Style Child-Resistant Closures

D 3470-97 Test Method for Measurement of Removal Lug Strippage of Type IIA Child-Resistant Closures

D 3472-97 Test Method for Reverse-Ratchet Torque of Type IA Child-Resistant Closures

D 3474-90 (1997) Practice for the Calibration and Use of Torque Meters Used in Packaging Applications

D 3475-00 E01 Classification of Child-Resistant Packages

D 3481-97 Test Method for Shelling Two-Piece Child-Resistant Closures that are Activated by Two Simultaneous Dissimilar Motions

D 3810-97 Test Method for Minimum Application Torque of Type IA Child-Resistant Closures

D 3890-01 Test Method for Number of Strokes to Prime a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 3968-97 Test Method for Monitoring of Rotational Torque of Type IIIA Child-Resistant Closures

D 3985-95 Test Method for Oxygen Gas Transmission Rate through Plastic Film and Sheeting Using a Coulometric Sensor

D 4041-97 Practice for Determining Spray Patterns of Manually Operated Pump Dispensers

D 4267-95 (2001) Specification for Labels for Small-Volume 100 mL or Less Parenteral Drug Containers

D 4333-99 Test Method for Compatibility Resistance of Mechanical Pump Dispenser Components

D 4334-99 Test Method for Determination of the Dip Tube Retention of a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 4335-99 Test Method for Determination of the Component Retention of a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 4336-01 Test Method for Determination of Output Per Stroke of a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 4774-94 (2000) Specification for User Applied Drug Labels in Anesthesiology

D 4775-94 (1999) Specification for Identification and Configuration of Prefilled Syringes and Delivery Systems for Drugs Excluding Pharmacy Bulk Packages

D 5022-95 (2001) Specification for Identification of Vials and Ampoules Containing Concentrated Solutions of Drugs to be Diluted before Use

D 5094-90 (1997) Test Methods for Gross Leakage of Liquids from Containers with Threaded or Lug-Style Closures

D 6398-01 E01 Practice to Enhance Identification of Drug Names on Labels

D 6534-00 E01 Test Method for Determining the Peak Force-to-Actuate a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 6535-00 Test Method for Determining the Dip Tube Length of a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 6536-00 Test Method for Measuring the Dip Tube Length of a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 6633-01 Test Method for Basic Functional Stability of a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 6654-01 Test Method for Basic Storage Stability of a Mechanical Pump Dispenser

D 6655-01 Terminology Relating to Mechanical Pump Dispensers

E 0171-94 (1998) Specification for Standard Atmospheres for Conditioning and Testing Flexible Barrier Materials

F 0017-98 Terminology Relating to Flexible Barrier Materials

F 0034-98 Practice for Construction of Test Cell for Liquid Extraction of Flexible Barrier Materials

F 0088-00 Test Method for Seal Strength of Flexible Barrier Materials

F 0099-76 (2001) Practice for Preparation of Flexible Barrier Material Specifications

F 0119-82 (1998) Test Method for Rate of Grease Penetration of Flexible Barrier Materials (Rapid Method)

F 0151-86 (1997) Test Method for Residual Solvents in Flexible Barrier Materials

F 0372-99 Test Method for Water Vapor Transmission Rate of Flexible Barrier Materials Using an Infrared Detection Technique

F 0392-93 (1999) Test Method for Flex Durability of Flexible Barrier Materials

F 0874-98 Test Method for Temperature Measurement and Profiling for Microwave Susceptors

F 0904-98 Test Method for Comparison of Bond Strength or Ply Adhesion of Similar Laminates Made from Flexible Materials

F 1115-95 (2001) Test Method for Determining the Carbon Dioxide Loss of Beverage Containers

F 1140-00 Test Methods for Internal Pressurization Failure Resistance of Unrestrained Packages for Medical Applications

F 1249-01 Test Method for Water Vapor Transmission Rate through Plastic Film and Sheeting Using a Modulated Infrared Sensor

F 1278-96 Guide for Use and Handling of Flexible Retort Food Pouches in the Processing Environment

F 1306-90 (1998) Test Method for Slow Rate Penetration Resistance of Flexible Barrier Films and Laminates

F 1307-90 Test Method for Oxygen Transmission Rate through Dry Packages Using a Coulometric Sensor

F 1308-98 Test Method for Quantitating Volatile Extractables in Microwave Susceptors Used for Food Products

F 1317-98 Test Method for Calibration of Microwave Ovens

F 1327-98 Terminology Relating to Barrier Materials for Medical Packaging

F 1349-98 Test Method for Nonvolatile Ultraviolet UV Absorbing Extractables from Microwave Susceptors

F 1416-96 Guide for Selection of Time-Temperature Indicators

F 1479-98 Terminology Relating to Microwave Food Packaging

F 1500-98 Test Method for Quantitating Non-UV-Absorbing Nonvolatile Extractables from Microwave Susceptors Utilizing Solvents as Food Simulants

F 1519-98 Test Method for Qualitative Analysis of Volatile Extractables in Microwave Susceptors Used to Heat Food Products

F 1585-00 Guide for Integrity Testing of Porous Barrier Medical Packages

F 1608-00 Test Method for Microbial Ranking of Porous Packaging Materials Exposure Chamber Method

F 1769-97 Test Method for the Measurement of Diffusivity, Solubility, and Permeability of Organic Vapor Barriers Using a Flame Ionization Detector

F 1770-97 E01 Test Method for Evaluation of Solubility, Diffusivity, and Permeability of Flexible Barrier Materials to Water Vapor

F 1884-98 Test Method for Determining Residual Solvents in Packaging Materials

F 1886-98 Test Method for Determining Integrity of Seals for Medical Packaging by Visual Inspection

F 1921-98 Test Methods for Hot Seal Strength Hot Tack of Thermoplastic Polymers and Blends Comprising the Sealing Surfaces of Flexible Webs

F 1927-98 E01 Test Method for Determination of Oxygen Gas Transmission Rate, Permeability and Permeance at Controlled Relative Humidity through Barrier Materials Using a Coulometric Detector

F 1929-98 Test Method for Detecting Seal Leaks in Porous Medical Packaging by Dye Penetration

F 1980-02 Guide for Accelerated Aging of Sterile Medical Device Packages

F 2013-01 Test Method for Determination of Residual Acetaldehyde in Polyethylene Terephthalate Bottle Polymer Using an Automated Static Head-Space Sampling Device and a Capillary GC with a Flame Ionization Detector

F 2029-00 Practice for Making Heatseals

F 2054-00 Test Method for Burst Testing of Flexible Package Seals Using Internal Air Pressurization within Restraining Plates

F 2095-01 Test Methods for Pressure Decay Leak Test for Nonporous Flexible Packages with and without Restraining Plates

F 2096-01 E01 Test Method for Detecting Gross Leaks in Porous Medical Packaging by Internal Pressurization Bubble Test

F 2097-01 Guide for Design and Evaluation of Primary Packaging for Medical Products