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Before the end of this year, government legislation will require certain medicines consumed in the UK to comply with a new child-resistant standard. To manufacturers, the implications of this are considerable, not least the potential impact on their production line throughput. However becoming compliant need not be such a headache.
BS8404 is the new child-resistant (CR) standard for blister and strip packs, currently being fast-tracked to legislation by the UK Government and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). It is expected to become effective as of October 2003, when packs containing aspirin, paracetamol and iron will be required to comply with the new standard. In market terms, this amounts to a total of around 800 million blister packs a year.
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