Protocol
Testing for Safety Packages
Great Lakes
Marketing is a trusted name in child-resistant protocol
testing.
Great
Lakes Marketing began testing child-resistant packages in the
early seventies under contract from the Consumer Product
Safety Commission and numerous
packaging manufacturers. Since that time, Great Lakes
Marketing has had a major presence in the market testing the
effectiveness of child-resistant packages. Our testers
have been trained by CPSC staff and participate in on-going
training programs.
Great
Lakes Marketing conducts all tests according to the strict
guidelines written in the Federal Register. Our reports
include detailed summaries of the data and carefully document
the testing procedures.
To
submit a package for testing or talk about your project,
contact Lori Mitchell Dixon, PhD at 419-534-4710 or
email ldixon@GreatLakesMarketing.com.
Background.
The
Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA) of 1970 authorizes the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue
requirements that certain household substances be sold in
child-resistant packages. In July 1995, the Commission
amended its requirements under the PPPA to change the way
adults and children are tested. The CPSC hopes to increase the
use of child-resistant packaging by making packages easier for
adults to use correctly. Link
to final rule.
The
revised regulations require testing of up to 200 children (in
panels of 50) and 100 seniors, age 50 - 70. Re-closeable
packages tested by seniors are given to children to verify
they retain their child-resistance after being used by the
senior adults. (The senior-adult panel replaces the 18 -
45 year old adult panel for almost all packages except those
listed in the Federal Register.)
More
than Protocol Testing. Great
Lakes Marketing is a full-service marketing research firm
consulting in the area of package closure evaluations and
package design. Our thirty-plus years of experience
testing packages translates
into helpful insights for our clients. We enjoy
helping you answer questions about your package and giving you
the benefit of our testing experience.
Here
for you. Please
contact us when you need assistance in designing or evaluating
your CR package or if you have questions about the testing
protocol. It would be a pleasure for our Child-Resistant
Packaging Team at Great Lakes Marketing to send cost
quotations, time frames and project initiation forms.
Lori
Mitchell Dixon, PhD, Principal
Phone:
419-534-4710 (direct)
Email:
ldixon@GreatLakesMarketing.com
Phyllis
Korte, Coordinator of Child-Resistant Protocol Evaluations
Phone:
419-481-1052 (direct)
Email:
phyllis@GreatLakesMarketing.com
Great
Lakes Marketing
3103
Executive Pkwy, Ste 106,
Toledo,
Ohio 43606-1311
Phone:
419-534-4700
(main)
Fax:
419-531-8950
