Packaging Q&A
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Can you supply copies of Medical Packaging and Labelling Standards?Answered February 17th, 2012 by Expert:No. These documents are subject to copyright and originals must be purchased. The Medical Device Directives and list of applicable standards are available on the Internet at http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/european-standards/documents/harmonised-standards-legislation/list-references/medical-devices/.



Rolande Hall is a Fellow of the Irish Institute of Packaging. Hall has more than 40 years of experience in packaging, gained in a variety of technical positions at both packaging manufacturers and packagers. Hall’s packaging career began when he joined John Waddington of Leeds. Hall’s area of expertise is medical device packaging and labelling. Several of his papers have been published in MDT magazine (now EMDT). He served on CEN technical committees CEN/TC 225 and CEN TC 357, contributed a chapter to the Medical Devices Manual and currently offers his services as a Medical Packaging Consultant, trading as Medical Pack Solutions, based in Ireland. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of EMDT and ASTM Committee D10 on Packaging. With more than 30 years of experience in medical device packaging, Hall has helped companies in Europe, Israel and Australia resolve their packaging and labelling issues.