Upcoming SPMC Paper to Educate Lawmakers on Sterile Packaging

May 31, 2024

Well-meaning but impractical packaging legislation can lead to serious unintended consequences, including products being taken off the market and shortages impacting patient safety.

In a far less harrowing policy example, I’ve seen a similar phenomenon myself when I worked in process safety earlier in my career. When a major federal department put forth legislation that required companies to report on certain chemicals they were storing, there were some conflicts between threshold amounts for various chemical mixtures and their individual components. Worried farmers were calling in each week to ask which way they should file, and I spent many days calling in and hours on hold with the agency trying to sort things out.

Read the full article in Healthcare Packaging magazine.