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The suitable packaging, labeling, and storage of all dosage forms are essential for product stability and safe use. The following are some main properties of packaging:
– Packed content should be enclosed within the packaging material.
– Flavor of the packed content should be intact.
– It should be able to show resilience to a large range of temperature.
– It should have sufficient compulsive strength to withstand heat during sterilization and to sustain shock and external stress during shipment.
– Good mechanical strength is also a requirement for packaging to bear the pressure of handling, filling, closing, and transportation.
– The shape of the packaging should be attractive and easy to use.
– If the content of the packaging material contains alkali, it should not leach to the content.
– It should be nontoxic, inert, colorless and tasteless.
– The container of the packaging material should not favor the growth of microbes.
– Closure should also be nontoxic and chemically stable with container contents as it is part of the container.
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