ISO/IEC Guide 41:2018

Packaging — Recommendations for addressing consumer needs

This document provides general recommendations to be taken into consideration when determining the most suitable type of packaging for products intended for consumers. The functions that packaging can perform include, but are not limited to, containment, protection, handling, transport, storage, convenience, information and presentation. This document also considers the sustainable use of resources covering optimization, reuse and recovery of packaging. This document provides guidance to: — product designers, manufacturers and others engaged in the process of making decisions concerning packaging; — those drafting standards to meet the packaging needs and requirements of consumers as prospective purchasers of products; — committees preparing standards for consumer products or services; — regulators. This document is not applicable to bulk packaging, which is solely intended to protect products in bulk when being transported between manufacturers and retailers, and it is not intended for industrial packaging.

Emballage — Recommandations pour répondre aux besoins des consommateurs

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 25-Sep-2018
• ICS: 01.120 - Standardization. General rules
• ICS: 55.020 - Packaging and distribution of goods in general
• Technical Committee: ISO/COPOLCO - Committee on consumer policy
• Drafting Committee: ISO/COPOLCO - Committee on consumer policy
• Current Stage: 9093 - International Standard confirmed
• Completion Date: 18-Jan-2024

Relations

• Revises: ISO/IEC Guide 41:2003 - Packaging — Recommendations for addressing consumer needs
• Effective Date: 07-Sep-2013

Standards Content (Sample)

GUIDE 41
Second edition
2018-10
Packaging — Recommendations for
addressing consumer needs
Emballage — Recommandations pour répondre aux besoins des
consommateurs
Reference number
ISO/IEC GUIDE 41:2018(E)
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ISO/IEC 2018

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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Safety of packaging . 4
4.1 Risk assessment and risk reduction . 4
4.2 Packaging materials . 4
4.3 Storage of the package and product . 5
4.4 Safety considerations . 5
5 Suitability for intended purpose . 7
5.1 Design . 7
5.2 Protection . 7
5.3 Handling. 7
6 Sustainable use of resources . 8
6.1 Optimization, reuse and recovery . 8
6.2 Conservation of resources . 9
6.3 Cost to the consumer .10
7 Information .
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