Designation:F3159−15´1StandardSafetySpecificationforLiquidLaundryPackets1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF3159;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—Editoriallycorrected5.3.3.2,6.1,and6.2inDecember2015.INTRODUCTIONInNovember2012theU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission(CPSC)issuedaSafetyAlerttoinformparentsandcaregiversthatLiquidLaundryDetergentPacketsneedtobekeptawayfromchildrenasthosewhoareexposedtopacketcontentsareatriskofseriousinjuryandevendeathduetothehighlyconcentratednatureoftheproduct.ChildrenwhohaveaccidentlyingestedLiquidLaundryDetergentPacketshaveexperiencedarangeofinjuriesincludinglossofconsciousness,respiratorydistress,vomiting,coughing,chokinganddrowsiness,andincaseswheretherehasbeencontactwiththeeyes,painfulirritationoftheeyesandcornealburnshaveoccurred.Inaddition,deathhasbeenreportedtooccurfollowingingestionofLiquidLaundryDetergentPackets,includinginonechild.1.Scope1.1ThisspecificationprovidesrequirementsforhouseholdLiquidLaundryDetergentPacketsafetytohelpreduceunin-tentionalexposurestothecontentsofthepackets,especiallytochildren.1.2ThisstandardappliesexclusivelytohouseholdLiquidLaundryDetergentPackets.“LiquidLaundryDetergentPack-ets”aresingle-uselaundrydetergentproductsthatcontainaliquiddetergentenclosedinawatersolubleouterlayer(“pouchfilm”).Thisincludeslaundrydetergentpacketsinsolublefilmthatcontainliquidonly(thatis,allliquid),aswellasthosethatcontainbothliquidandnon-liquidcomponents.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithLiquidLaundryDeter-gentPacketuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuseroftheproducttofollowthewarningst...
