Product Liability Issues in Packaging

Packaging manufacturers often have to focus on meeting a myriad of regulatory requirements, from complying with regulations governing food-contact to child-resistance requirements on drugs and household products. In addition, packaging producers and customers in many applications are vigilant about the need for packaging to protect sensitive contents, like drug products or foods, against contamination and tampering, generally.

This concern on the part of industry, government, and the public has only been heightened since 9/11 with the specter of bioterrorism, making packaging integrity a critical aspect of packaging performance. At the same time, under general product safety and liability principles, packaging manufacturers also have to use care in making their packaging product reasonably safe as a 'product' in and of itself. And as a 'product,' products liability law applies to jars, bottles, boxes, plastics, tins, and other containers, just as it does to the very products or substances inside, even when the products inside are defect-free.

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Product Liability Issues in Packaging: Integrity, Openability, Performance

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Simon