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HCPC presses to review CR test protocols

In an effort to fill what it feels is a loophole in provisions, the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council has “invited” the new chairman of the U.S.

Consumer Product Safety Commission to review its test protocols. In a letter to Harold D. Stratton, HCPC is requesting a review of the child-resistant tests because of what it sees as an inequity.

The letter to the new chairman notes that there is an objective standard for cap-and-vial tests, but a more subjective criteria used to evaluate unit-dose blister and strip packaging. This results in what HCPC calls a “problematic” decision by pharmaceutical manufacturers’ legal counsel.

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