Consumer commission to review blister packs.(News)(Brief Article) From: Plastics News | Date: August 4, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has opened a review on whether it should change its rules on child-resistant blister packaging.

Blister packaging trade group Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council has been urging CPSC to change what it contends are overly subjective government safety rules for unit-dose packaging, and it argues that current rules make manufacturers less likely to use blister packaging.

The agency has not made a decision, but is asking interested parties, including pharmaceutical makers, poison-control centers and drug stores, what they think of ...

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