Child resistant packaging

Importance of child resistant packaging

Studies reveal that medicines are a leading cause of non-fatal poisoning incidents in numerous countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF report that poisoning is common among children aged 1 to 5 years, as they are curious and explore their environment using all their senses. Most unintentional poisoning cases occur in living rooms and during afternoons. Consequently, specially designed child resistant packaging is a crucial necessity.

What is child resistant packaging?

Child resistant packaging is designed to be difficult for children to open while remaining accessible for adults. It usually features unique locking mechanisms that demand a specific sequence of actions to open. This type of packaging is employed for products that could be harmful to children if ingested, such as medicines, chemicals and household products.

Innovative child resistant packaging

It is challenging to create something that is so simple, cost-effective and easy to produce. At the same time, it should be easy to open for everyone, except for children of course. That is why Ecobliss started the development of Locked4Kids cartons in 2013.

Locked4Kids

Locked4Kids consists of a carton and plastic tray that holds the product in blister strips. To be able to access the product, one needs to pull the tray out like a drawer. To make it child resistant packaging, you can only pull the drawer out if two hooks on top of the cartons are pressed simultaneously. These two push points are located diagonally across each side of the carton. As a result, children will not be able to comprehend how it works, and even if they do, they will not be able to handle it physically since their hands are too small.

Beside this functional advantage, this is also the most economical solution: Locked4Kids is cost-effective. It offers cost-effective production of child resistant packaging, as it can be produced on standard cartoning equipment. This child resistant packaging has been developed for high-speed automated production on standard pharmaceutical packaging equipment, in which blister strips are loaded and then inserted into the packaging. The packaging is as fast as regular (non-child-resistant) packaging.

Child packaging supplier

Child resistant packaging suppliers understand the challenge of designing packaging that is both senior-friendly and capable of meeting testing standards for young children. Ecobliss has successfully achieved this balance with outstanding results. As a leading supplier of child resistant packaging, we have created a solution that is not only child resistant and adult friendly, but also cost-effective and adaptable to various needs. Please don’t hesitate to contact our team if you need more information about the possibilities we can provide as a child resistant packaging supplier.