Packaura
/ August 26, 2026
If your packaging is labeled compostable in the U.S., regulators, retailers, and buyers increasingly expect proof, not just a marketing claim. ASTM D6400 is the technical standard behind that proof, and third-party certification, most commonly through the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), is how you demonstrate
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Packaura
/ August 25, 2026
If you sell essential oils, the biggest legal risk usually isn’t your ingredient list — it’s your marketing copy. The FDA doesn’t regulate essential oils as a category; it regulates them based on what your label, website, and sales reps say they do. Cross the
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Packaura
/ August 24, 2026
If a buyer at Walmart, Costco, Target, or a regional grocery chain has ever told you your packaging needs to be “retail-ready,” you’ve probably found the term easy to hear and hard to pin down. It’s not a single spec sheet — it’s a set
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Packaura
/ August 23, 2026
“Compostable” is one of the most abused words on a package, and it’s also one of the most legally risky ones to get wrong. Several states now require third-party certification before you can even print the word on a box, and buyers are getting sharper
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Packaura
/ August 22, 2026
Maine made history in 2021 as the first U.S. state to pass an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging, shifting the cost of recycling packaging waste from municipalities onto the companies that put that packaging into the market. If you sell packaged goods into
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Packaura
/ August 21, 2026
If you’ve seen “GS1 Sunrise 2027” mentioned by a retailer partner or packaging vendor and aren’t sure what it actually requires you to do, you’re not alone. It sounds like a hard deadline, but it’s really a market-readiness target: by the end of 2027, GS1
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Packaura
/ August 16, 2026
Maine made history in 2021 as the first U.S. state to pass an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging. But headlines about Oregon’s and Colorado’s programs going live have left a lot of brands assuming Maine’s is right behind them — it isn’t. Implementation
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Packaura
/ August 15, 2026
A box that looks sturdy on a shelf can still fail on its way to a customer’s door — crushed in a stack, punctured on a conveyor belt, or rattled loose by a delivery van driving over potholes. ASTM D4169 is the standard packaging engineers
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Packaura
/ August 14, 2026
Washington became the seventh U.S. state to pass a packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law when Governor Bob Ferguson signed SB 5284, the Recycling Reform Act, on May 17, 2025. If your brand sells packaged consumer products into Washington, the law creates a new set
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Packaura
/ August 13, 2026
As of January 1, 2026, Ontario’s Blue Box program is fully funded and operated by the producers who supply packaging, paper products, and packaging-like products to Ontario consumers. Municipalities no longer run curbside recycling collection contracts or foot the bill, and the legacy Stewardship Ontario
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Packaura
/ August 7, 2026
The EU Medical Device Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/745, or MDR) sets out exactly what has to appear on a device’s label and packaging before it can carry a CE mark and go on sale in the European Union. The rules live mainly in Annex I,
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Packaura
/ August 6, 2026
If you sell packaged products in the U.S., you’ve probably run into a compliance form asking you to certify that your packaging is free of “CONEG metals.” That requirement traces back to a single piece of model legislation from 1989 that still shapes packaging decisions
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Packaura
/ August 2, 2026
“Recyclable.” “Biodegradable.” “Eco-friendly.” These words sell packaging — and they’re also the exact words that show up in FTC complaints and class-action lawsuits when a brand can’t back them up. The federal rules governing environmental marketing claims, known as the Green Guides, haven’t changed much
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Packaura
/ July 29, 2026
If you sell a toy, game, or kids’ product with small pieces, you’ve probably seen the yellow-bordered “WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD” label on competitors’ packaging and wondered whether you need one too. Getting this wrong in either direction is a problem: skip a required label and
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Packaura
/ July 17, 2026
A vegan logo on a box or label is supposed to be a quick trust signal, but the packaging itself can quietly break the promise. Adhesives, inks, coatings, and even the glue in a shipping carton sometimes contain animal-derived ingredients like gelatin, casein, tallow, beeswax,
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Packaura
/ July 15, 2026
Since January 1, 2026, Amazon no longer preps, bags, or labels inbound inventory on sellers’ behalf in the US — every poly bag, barcode, and suffocation warning has to be correct before your shipment ever leaves your hands. Get it wrong and Amazon can reject
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Packaura
/ July 15, 2026
If you ship into the EU, a new packaging law is about to change how you box orders. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) — Regulation (EU) 2025/40 — puts a hard numeric limit on how much empty air you’re allowed to ship inside
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Packaura
/ July 14, 2026
If you ship anything classified as a hazardous material, the box, drum, or pail it travels in isn’t just packaging — it’s regulated equipment. The Department of Transportation requires that hazmat shipments go out in containers that have passed a specific battery of performance tests
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Packaura
/ July 12, 2026
If you sell packaged goods into the EU, you’ve probably run into breathless warnings about a “2027 Digital Product Passport mandate for packaging” and wondered whether you’re already behind. The good news: the real legal picture is more specific — and more manageable — than
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Packaura
/ July 8, 2026
Slapping a chasing-arrows symbol or the word “compostable” on a package feels harmless, but the FTC treats unsupported environmental claims as a form of deceptive advertising, enforceable under the same law that governs any other false ad. The rules live in a document called the
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