I've looked into this in the past, and there appears to be no legislation. There is a guide to appropriate wording in BS 1133 section 21:1991 but, frankly, this falls far short of a useable specification for safety markings on bags. Most retailers also want to see perforations, and some specify a minimum thickness for film used for bags for toys and child appealing products.
In the end we drafted our own spec. based on our experience with major UK retailers and I'd be happy to mail you a copy (PDF, 20kb) if you'd like.
Rgds Nick. At 12:41 -0400 30/7/02, Tyra, John wrote:
Hello all, I am in the process of reviewing the plastic bags we use to package our products and have a old 100th generation copy of an excerpt from a California Business and Professions Code which implies that plastic bags less than a mil thick need to have a warning marking. Does anyone have more info on this issue or know of any other regulations concerning plastic bag regulations? Thanks in advance for your help... regards, John Tyra Design Assurance Engineering, Product Safety & Regulatory Manager Bose Corporation The Mountain, M.S.-450 Framingham, MA 01701-9168 508-766-1502 Phone 508-766-1145 Fax [email protected] ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
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