JAPAN COMMISSION CALLS FOR CHILD SAFE MEDICINE PACKS
January 1st, 2016
Japan's Consumer Safety Investigation Commission has called on the government to require medicine manufacturers to introduce child-resistant packaging. In a report to the country’s ministry of health, labour and welfare, the commission stressed the risks posed by young children’s tendency to put things into their mouths. Moreover, older children mimic adults and can swallow medicines that are not in secure packaging.
In 2014, there were 8,433 cases of children in Japan aged under five receiving treatment after ingesting medicines by mistake. Of that total, ...
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