40 CFR § 157.30 - Voluntary use of child-resistant packaging.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s157.30"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 157.30 - Voluntary use of child-resistant packaging."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "157.30"
section_name: "Voluntary use of child-resistant packaging."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "157"
part_name: "PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDES AND DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 136w."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 21286, June 11, 1986; 51 FR 36692, Oct. 15, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "157"
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# 157.30 Voluntary use of child-resistant packaging.

A registrant whose product is not required to be in child-resistant packaging may distribute or sell his pesticide product in child-resistant packaging. If he does so, that packaging must meet the standards for child-resistant packaging stated in § 157.32. The registrant must certify to this effect in accordance with § 157.34, and must retain the records required by § 157.36.