logo

Standards Manage Your Business

We Manage Your Standards

ISO

ISO/IEC Guide 41:2018

Packaging — Recommendations for addressing consumer needs

Standard Details

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.

General Information

Status : Published
Standard Type: Main
Document No: ISO/IEC Guide 41:2018
Document Year: 2018
Pages: 19
Edition: 2
  • ICS:
  • 01.120 Standardization. General rules
  • 55.020 Packaging and distribution of goods in general

Life Cycle

Currently Viewing

Published
ISO/IEC Guide 41:2018
Knowledge Corner

Expand Your Knowledge and Unlock Your Learning Potential - Your One-Stop Source for Information!

© Copyright 2024 BSB Edge Private Limited.

Enquire now +