Recognized standard

D4169-22

FDA recognition 14-576 · ASTM · Sterility

Key facts

Recognition number 14-576
Designation D4169-22
Title Standard Practice for Performance Testing of Shipping Containers and Systems
Standards developer ASTM International
Specialty area Sterility
Date of entry May 30, 2022
Scope (excerpt) 1.1 This practice provides a uniform basis of evaluating, in a laboratory, the ability of shipping units to withstand the distribution environment. This is accomplished by subjecting them to a test plan consisting of a sequence of anticipated hazard elements encountered in various distribution…

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