Development History And Current Situation Of Child Safe Packaging

Children are curious about everything, and it is not uncommon for tragedies to occur due to misuse of medicines, which are largely caused by the packaging of the medicines. Therefore, many countries have legislated to require some medicines to be packaged in child safe packaging, so the screw-cap bottles with child-resistant opening function are widely used.

Child-safe packaging has a long history. In 1970, the US Congress passed the Dangerous Goods Packaging Act, authorizing the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to regulate the safety standards of product packaging. Subsequently, other countries have also introduced US standards for child-safe packaging. In 2005, the British Standards Institute (BSI) approved two new child-safe packaging standards. Relevant data show that after adopting child-safe packaging, the accident of children eating medicines by mistake has been significantly reduced in these countries. This shows the importance of the child protection function of drug packaging. At present, most children's protective packaging is based on the screw cap bottle. This kind of packaging can effectively prevent children from opening the package in a short time through the double-layer structure of the bottle cap.

It is the common responsibility of the society to create a healthy growth environment for children. In order to truly maximize the role of child-safe pharmaceutical packaging in my country, pharmaceutical companies need to enhance their sense of social responsibility and expand the scope of application of screw-cap bottles in pharmaceutical packaging; On the other hand, it is also necessary for relevant departments to issue relevant regulations on safe packaging as soon as possible to ensure the safety of children through legislation.