This document discusses quality control tests for pharmaceutical packaging materials. It defines primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging. Primary packaging directly contains the product, secondary provides additional protection, and tertiary is for bulk handling and shipping. Some key quality control tests mentioned for containers include permeation testing to check for transmission of gases, vapors, or liquids through packaging materials. For rubber closures, common quality control tests evaluate properties like extractable content and curing. Proper quality control testing ensures packaging and closures maintain product quality and integrity during storage and distribution.

1. Quality control tests
for packaging materials
Quality Control: Quality control test
for containers, rubber closures and
secondary packing materials.
Mr. Vivek Jain
Asso. Professor
ADINA Institute of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Sagar (M.P.)

2. • . Packaging is the science, art and technology
of enclosing or protecting products for
distribution, storage, sale, and use.
• Packaging also refers to the process of design,
evaluation, and production of packages.
• Pharmaceutical packaging can be defined as
the economical means of providing
presentation, protection, identification ,
information, convenience ,compliance ,
integrity and stability of the product

3. FUNCTIONS OF PACKAGING
• • Product Identification:- Packaging greatly helps
in identification of products.
• • Product Protection:- Packaging protects the
contents of a product from spoilage, breakage,
leakage, etc.
• • Facilitating the use of product:- Packaging
should be convenience to open, handle and use
for the consumers.
• • Product Promotion:- Packaging is also used for
promotional and attracting the attention of the
people while purchasing.

5. TYPES OF PACKAGING
• Primary packaging- is the material that first
envelops the product and hold it. This usually
is the smallest unit of distribution or use. Ex.
Aerosol spray can, blister packs, bottle

6. Secondary packaging

7. Tertiary packaging-
• Tertiary packaging- is used to bulk handling
and shipping. Ex. Barrel, container, edge
protector

8. Containers
• Containers can be defined as an object that can
be used to hold or transport something. OR
Pharmaceutical container is a device that hold
the pharmaceutical product and it may or may
not be in direct contact with it

14. Quality control test for containers

24. • Permeation: It is the transmission of gases,
vapors or liquids through plastic packaging
material. Permeation of water vapor and
oxygen through plastic wall into the drug is a
major problem is the dosage form is sensitive
to hydrolysis and oxidation. The volatile
ingredients might change when stored in
plastic containers and the taste of the
medicinal products may change for the same
reason of permeation.

27. QUALITY CONTROL
TESTS FOR
RUBBER CLOSURE