EN ISO 8317:2004

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2005
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SIST EN 28317:1996
SIST EN 28317:1996/AC:2004
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Child-resistant packaging - Requirements and testing procedures for reclosable
packages (ISO 8317:2003)
Kindersichere Verpackung - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren für wiederverschließbare
Verpackungen (ISO 8317:2003)
Emballages a l'épreuve des enfants - Exigences et méthodes d'essai pour emballages
refermables (ISO 8317:2003)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 8317:2004
ICS:
55.020 Pakiranje in distribucija blaga Packaging and distribution of
na splošno goods in general
97.190 Otroška oprema Equipment for children
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 8317
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2004
ICS 55.020 Supersedes EN 28317:1992
English version
Child-resistant packaging - Requirements and testing
procedures for reclosable packages (ISO 8317:2003)
Emballages à l'épreuve des enfants - Exigences et Kindersichere Verpackung - Anforderungen und
méthodes d'essai pour emballages refermables (ISO Prüfverfahren für wiederverschließbare Verpackungen (ISO
8317:2003) 8317:2003)
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Foreword
The text of ISO 8317:2003 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 122 "Packaging”
of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO
8317:2004 by Technical Committee CEN/TC 261 "Packaging", the secretariat of which is held by
AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of
an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2005, and conflicting national
standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by March 2005.

This document supersedes EN 28317:1992.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of
the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 8317:2003 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 8317:2004 without any
modifications.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 8317
Second edition
2003-04-15
Child-resistant packaging —
Requirements and testing procedures for
reclosable packages
Emballages à l'épreuve des enfants — Exigences et méthodes d'essai
pour emballages refermables
Reference number
ISO 8317:2003(E)
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ISO 8317:2003(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope. 1
2 Terms and definitions. 1
3 General. 2
4 Requirements . 2
5 Test procedures . 6
6 Assessment of results. 9
7 Test report. 10
Bibliography . 12

ISO 8317:2003(E)
Foreword
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ISO 8317 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 122, Packaging, Subcommittee SC 3, Performance
requirements and tests for means of packaging, packages and unit loads (as required by ISO/TC 122).
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 8317:1989), which has been technically revised.

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ISO 8317:2003(E)
Introduction
A significant number of suspected cases of ingestion by children of products used about the home is reported
to the medical profession each year. Most are not serious and those that are associated with more serious
side effects involve products known to be hazardous, e.g. certain medicinal products, liquid fuels and solvents,
strongly acid or alkaline preparations and some garden products. Most commonly used household detergents,
cleaning agents and maintenance and care products do not appear on the list of products which have caused
injury. However, whether ingestion (actual or suspected) causes injuries or not, such incidents can have
traumatic effects on both the child and its parents.
The use of potentially hazardous agents in certain products is necessary to achieve effectiveness;
consequently, steps have to be taken to limit the occurrence of accidents. One approach has been to try to
increase general awareness of hazards associated with various products; this approach has been used, but
public education aimed to protect the child by educating the parent and other adults about correct storage
practices, etc. has never been completely effective. Nevertheless, proper labelling and information by the
manufacturer is important for the safe use of products in the home.
Another approach has been the use of child-resistant packaging to put a physical barrier between the child
and the hazardous product. Such packaging should only be used for products as mentioned above since, if
used in other circumstances, it could lead to confusion among consumers. It has to be recognized that it is
unrealistic to expect that any functional packaging can be totally impossible for a child to open and that this
type of packaging cannot be a substitute for normal safety precautions. The packaging functions as a last
defence if other barriers separating children and hazardous products have failed.
Historically, the United States of America was the first country to introduce a standard method of testing based
on the inability of 200 children of a specific age and sex distribution to open the package and the ability of
100 adults of a particular age and sex distribution to open and, where applicable, reclose the package
properly. Since then, a number of other countries have introduced standard test methods based on similar
principles. There are now around the world various types of packagings, which are recognized as child-
resistant, based on a test of the nature described. There is evidence that, since these test methods were
introduced, the incidence of ingestion by children of hazardous products has fallen. The degree to which this
is due to the use of child-restraint packaging as against other factors, such as greater public awareness, is not
easily assessed, but there is little doubt that child-resistant packaging has made a positive contribution.
Over the last decade, much has been learned about the use of children for testing child-resistant packaging
and attention has been focused on how the number of children involved may be reduced. So far, it has not
been possible to achieve an objective set of tests and criteria which would render the use of children in
subjective testing unnecessary, but work should be directed towards achieving this aim as a matter of some
urgency.
Because of the increasing use of child-restraint packaging, it is desirable to achieve international agreement
on testing procedures in order to avoid confusion and misunderstanding in an area of great importance to the
safety of young children. An International Standard should also serve to reduce the number of children
exposed to “training” during panel testing. However, it should not be supposed that the provision of a standard
method for assessing child resistance is all that is needed either nationally or internationally. The test has to
be administered by some responsible authority in each country adopting the International Standard, as all
have to have confidence in the manner in which testing is carried. Thus common procedures should be
adopted by all administering authorities covering such questions as:
 How is it decided that a child-resistant packaging is needed?
 How is the test to be authorized and carried out?
 How and by whom will the results be evaluated and recorded?
ISO 8317:2003(E)
 What minimum qualifications are required of supervisors who carry out the procedure?
 How is it ensured that no child takes part in more than two tests, and then only on packagings that are
significantly different?
Attention is drawn to the need to have adequate supervisory and accreditation bodies, and reference should
be made to ISO/IEC Guide 23, Methods of indicating conformity with standards for third-party certification
systems, and ISO/IEC 17025:1999, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration
laboratories, which provide useful guidance on these topics.
This International Standard has been prepared to specify requirements and testing procedures for child-
resistant packaging intended for potentially harmful products; it has been written as the best consensus which
can be achie
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