Child Resistant Bags

Yes, all of our child-resistant packaging products are lab tested and certified child-resistant according to 16 CFR Part 1700.20 – POISON PREVENTION PACKAGING ACT

Our patented design is easy to use, discreet, and extremely effective at keeping kids from accessing the package’s contents. We offer a variety of print methods including rotogravure, flexographic, and digital manufactured both overseas as well as domestically so we can tailor production specific requirements to each and every job.

Dymapak child resistant bags are made out of a variety of materials based on customer requirements. Our “standard” structure is 3-ply and consists of PE, PET, and MET PET. It is important to note all of our materials are FDA approved for food contact.

The list of options available to customers is virtually limitless. Dymapak can easily and cost-effectively produce a custom size bag due to the design of our pouch as there are no excessive tooling costs or molds needed. On the print side, we offer everything from glossy and matte combo finishes, to foil, kraft, and printing up to 10 colors.

One evening in June 2021, a 21-month-old kid named Oliver became rigid before he started shivering and crying. Elizabeth Perry, his mother, rushed him to Maryland hospital.

Tests showed that Oliver had THC poisoning. The young boy had opened a tin containing edible cannabis gummies that his mother used for better sleep health. Oliver had eaten 15 of them.

Numerous other cases like this exist. In fact, there’s a five-fold annual increase in THC poisoning cases involving children under six years.

But what if Oliver had been unable to open the tin? That’s where child-proof packaging comes in.

Children can consume marijuana-infused edibles and candies if not well protected. That’s why child-resistant packaging is essential for keeping these items out of reach of kids.

The special packaging needs to be hard enough for kids to open yet easily accessible by adults. The locking mechanism can be twist and pop lids, push and turn caps, snap caps, turn and lift caps, squeeze and turn caps and even pull to open, if using a flexible pouch..

Besides protecting the consumer and their children, child-resistant packaging is often required by law. Nearly every state that has legalized cannabis for medical and recreational purposes requires that cannabis manufacturers, suppliers, and/or dispensaries use child-resistant marijuana packaging.

Failure to comply can result in penalties, fines, and legal suits.

In case of products that can be harmful to children, ensure your packaging is designed with safety in mind. Child-resistant packaging will minimize kids’ risk of successfully opening a package and consuming potentially hazardous products.

You must use safe packaging with pharmaceuticals, tobacco products, household cleaners, and cannabis products.

According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), child-resistant packaging is essential for products with risk of serious illness or injury to children, who can open the package and drink, eat, or handle the package contents.

Sustainable child-resistant packaging minimizes the ecological footprint of the consumer and producer. The diverse effects of climate change like rising sea levels, hotter temperatures, increased drought, and severe storms have made consumers wary of supporting companies that aren’t concerned about reducing their environmental impact.

The standard means of making child-resistant packaging is creating a locking mechanism that engages a combination of movements requiring an adult’s strength, hand size, and dexterity. Children can’t apply equal pressure to two different container areas and can’t perform two actions simultaneously.

Think pill bottles with a push-and-turn lid that needs the user to push down on the lid while turning it. Let’s learn other types of child-resistant packaging:

Tins

Child-resistant tins have different lock mechanisms. For instance, a regular circular tin can contain a push and turn lid, while a rectangular tin with a hinged top may require the user to push in the locking mechanism.

Why tins? Environmental-conscious brands use tins since they’re recyclable.

Bags

Bags are suitable for multi-use or single-use products, depending on their design. With its patented locking press to close zipper, thick food-grade plastic, and extra-durable construction, these child-resistant packaging pouches safeguard many toxic and dangerous items that may not fit into a pill vial.

Tubes

Tubes are versatile as they can store various cannabis goods, like a flower, edibles, lotions, concentrate, and pre-roll. The locking system can include hidden buttons released under pressure and push-and-turn lids.

Jars

A plastic or glass jar functions with a push-and-turn top to secure your cannabis products.

Mylar child-resistant bags combine two or more locking systems for effective child-proofing. For instance, non-reusable Mylar bags feature permanent type sealing that’s used only once. Often, the sealing system comes with a heat-sealing section, and consumers need to bend the sealed section to tear it.

Reusable Mylar pouches contain a flexible open/closing system, allowing you to use them more than once. There are four types:

Zipper Type

Apply pressure on the locking mechanism to open. Some manufacturers will prevent accidental opening by kids by adding a polymer layer over the zipper and lock.

Push Pin Type

Push pin type Mylar bag is similar to the zipper-type as it has a zipper too. However, the zip locks when you close the packet. You need a small pin to lift the locks when opening the bag. Some packages will employ pushable pins instead.

Thumb-Pocket Zip Seal

People mostly prefer this Mylar bag due to its simple zipper system covered by a locked layer.

Use your thumb to remove the protective lock; there’s a thumb area on the bag. Since the lock is simple to use and over 99% effective with children, the bag is perfect for the cannabis industry.

Pinch Type

Similar to the pull-type Mylar bag, the pinch-type allows consumers to pinch on the marked outer flap. However, these bags are developed in a way that you cannot open them by pulling or shaking the pouch. Instead, you will need to pinch the outer flap and pull while holding the opposing flap. This is the most popular child-resistant bag available on the market today because of it’s simplicity.

These lab-certified child-resistant Mylar bags will safeguard hazardous products, protect consumers, kids, and your business.

Polyethylene is one of the most popular plastics on the planet. Their primary application is in packaging – geomembranes, containers, bottles, plastic bags, and plastic films. It’s also used for lining tanks, tubes, and wrapping pipes to safeguard against corrosive elements.

More than 100 million tonnes of polyethylene are created yearly for industrial and commercial purposes.

Mylar bags are perfect for cannabis products since they help keep the goods fresh. This is due to their ability to keep oxygen, moisture, and heat out.

The bags are also odor-proof, which enhances the privacy of the consumer. When heat sealed, it safeguards the humidity levels of the product.

The ability to conserve moisture comes in handy by preventing evaporation and reducing the weight by up to 10 percent. Additionally, conserving oxygen keeps cannabis products potent by preventing active chemicals from degrading the potency.

The most crucial feature of child-proof cannabis packaging is in its name; protecting children from potentially harmful products. Therefore, tins, Mylar bags, and glass jars have been redesigned for this purpose.

Child-proof packaging also protects the integrity of cannabis products as moisture and air loss can affect their quantity and quality, respectively. It’s environmentally friendly too.

As you look to meet your packaging needs, Dymapak will provide an assortment of packaging products for your cannabis business.