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Wendy Partington made this Freedom of Information request to Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
The request was successful.
From: Wendy Partington
23 February 2010
Dear Sir or Madam,
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Is it just me, or are child-proof medicine bottles actually easier
for children to open than for ladies approaching their ‘autumn
years’?
Years ago, when I was but a child myself, I could open a bottle of
aspirin without any difficulties. However, these days I find it
nigh-on impossible to get the lid off a bottle of paracetamol when
I get a headache from concentrating too intently on the shipping
forecast on Radio 4 – I wouldn't mind, but I don't even sail; the
last time I ventured onto the high-seas was in 1988, when my
friend, Maureen, and I took the ferry to the Isle of Man for a long
weekend (lovely little island, by the way).
It's not a problem during the school holidays because my 8-year-old
grandson, Martin, spends most afternoons with me, and usually stays
for tea; if I get a headache I can send Martin to fetch me a couple
of paracetamol and a glass of tonic water – he evidently has no
trouble getting the bottle open. He's a good boy, though he does
tend to chew with his mouth open and has a worrying habit of trying
to catch wasps.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours faithfully,
Wendy Partington
From: MHRA Information Centre
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
24 February 2010
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From: MHRA Information Centre
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
3 March 2010
Dear Wendy Partington,
Thank you for your recent enquiry to the MHRA.
We can confirm that the need for child resistant packaging is a matter
for national legislation and the relevant regulations in the UK are the
Medicines (Child Safety) Regulations 2003 number 2317 [SI 2003/2317].
The following medicines must, by law, be provided in child resistant
packaging:-
1. Solid oral dose aspirin,
2. Solid and liquid oral dose paracetamol and
3. Solid and liquid oral dose iron, containing more than 24 mg
elemental iron.
Two standards exist which apply to reclosable and non-reclosable
packaging and these are BS EN ISO 28317 and BS EN 14375, respectively.
These are European standards established under the CEN system ( Europe's
equivalent to the BSi) but only become legal requirements if cited in
national legislation. The standards may be obtained from British
Standards Online (http://www.bsigroup.com).
We would also advise you to speak to your pharmacist to see if they can
repackage your medication to provide more accessible packaging.
Please contact us again if you need further assistance with this, or any
other queries.
Kind Regards,
Central Enquiry Point
Information Centre
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Tel: 020 7084 2000
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Michael Traill left an annotation (24 March 2010)
Im surprised this was actually accepted as a valid foi request!
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Colm Howard-Lloyd left an annotation (18 March 2010)
FOI is for obtaining information held by a publicly accountable body. You seem to be sending a large volume of "requests" that ask an organizations opinion or just give your own. Perhaps your questions would be better directed to ask.yahoo.com AQA or a variety of "how do I find out?" websites.
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