We can say a closure is sold as child resistant. We cannot say your package passed.
What is here
292 continuous thread, 44 child resistant, 32 dropper assemblies, 27 spouted, 19 flip top, 19 trigger sprayers, 15 dome lids, 14 phenolic, 14 fine mist sprayers, 13 round tubs, 8 specialty and 7 buttress.
The 44 child resistant closures
Which is the line item the clinic half of this group depends on. A real set, and small enough that neck compatibility has to be checked rather than assumed.
And a closure is not a package
The standard is a test on a package system: that container, that closure, those contents. A compliant cap on an incompatible bottle is not a compliant package.
So ask the right question
What package system has this closure been tested in, against what, and by whom. That is an answerable question and it is not the same as "is this child resistant".
Check the neck before anything else
92 containers at 24-410, 88 at 38-400, 51 at 28-410. A child resistant closure that does not match the finish is not a closure, and the finish is where this goes wrong first.
The droppers are a dosing device
32 dropper assemblies. For a dispensed liquid the measuring device is part of the dispense, and a dropper that is also the closure is one fewer thing to lose.
But a dropper is rarely child resistant
Which is a direct conflict for a dispensed liquid: the thing that makes dosing accurate is the thing that makes the bottle easy to open. Separate syringe plus a child resistant cap is the usual resolution.
Sprayers for the cleaning half
19 trigger and 14 fine mist. Trigger for an area, fine mist for a spot, and the archetype's "lockable" is a question for the manufacturer because our data does not record it.
Phenolic and liners for compatibility
14 phenolic closures and 5 liners and sealing discs. For a compounded preparation the liner is in contact with the product and it is the part nobody specifies.
Buy spares for the clinic
7 buttress and a handful of specialty closures aside, the dispensing closures are consumables. A clinic that runs out of the tested cap will use the untested one.
References
The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 18 October 2026. The pet and veterinary cleaning and clinic shelf is 1,031 rows: 505 containers and 526 closures. 5 mL to 7,571 mL with a median of 237; 80 containers at 30 mL or under, 184 at 120 or under, 334 at a pint or under, 434 at a quart or under. 186 HDPE, 185 PET, 103 glass, 31 PP. 435 bottles, 42 jars, 23 tubs and pails, 3 jugs, 2 tubes. 163 white, 92 clear, 75 amber, 70 natural. Closures: 292 continuous thread, 44 child resistant, 32 dropper assemblies, 27 spouted, 19 flip top, 19 trigger sprayers, 15 dome lids, 14 phenolic, 14 fine mist sprayers, 13 round tubs, 8 specialty, 7 buttress.
16 CFR 1700.20(a), the test protocol for special packaging. Child panels: "Use from 1 to 4 groups of 50 children", with "Thirty percent of the children in each group shall be of age 42-44 months, 40% of the children in each group shall be of age 45-48 months, and 30% of the children in each group shall be of age 49-51 months". A failure is "any child who opens the special packaging or gains access to its contents". Each child has "up to 5 minutes to open his/her package" and then "an additional 5 minutes" after the tester demonstrates opening on a separate demo package. Senior adult panel: "a group of 100 senior adults", with "Twenty five percent of the participants shall be 50-54 years of age, 25% of participants shall be 55-59 years of age, and 50% of the participants shall be 60-70 years old", and senior adult use effectiveness is "the percentage of adults who both opened the package in the first (5-minute) test period and opened and (if appropriate) properly resecured the package in the 1-minute test period".
law.cornell.edu16 CFR 1700.15(b), the standards for special packaging. Child resistant effectiveness of "not less than 85 percent without a demonstration and not less than 80 percent after a demonstration", or "not less than 80 percent" for unit packaging. And "special packaging shall have a senior adult use effectiveness (SAUE) of not less than 90%", with a younger adult test substituted for aerosol and metal container products that cannot use alternative packaging.
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