Sec. 3. **[**special packaging standards**]**
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## Sec. 3 **[**special packaging standards**]** **[**[15 U.S.C. 1472](/us/usc/t15/s1472)**]** ###
(a)The Secretary,4 may establish in accordance with the provisions of this Act, by regulation, standards for the special packaging of any household substance if he finds that— 4Comma in section 3(a) so in law. ####
(1)the degree or nature of the hazard to children in the availability of such substance, by reason of its packaging, is such that special packaging is required to protect children from serious personal injury or serious illness resulting from handling, using, or ingesting such substance; and ####
(2)the special packaging to be required by such standard is technically feasible, practicable, and appropriate for such substance. ###
(b)In establishing a standard under this section, the Secretary shall consider— ####
(1)the reasonableness of such standard; ####
(2)available scientific, medical, and engineering data concerning special packaging and concerning childhood accidental ingestions, illness, and injury caused by household substances; ####
(3)the manufacturing practices of industries affected by this Act; and ####
(4)the nature and use of the household substance. ###
(c)In carrying out this Act, the Secretary shall publish his findings, his reasons therefor, and citation of the sections of statutes which authorize his action. ###
(d)Nothing in this Act shall authorize the Secretary to prescribe specific packaging designs, product content, package quantity, or, with the exception of authority granted in section 4(a)(2) of this Act, labeling. In the case of a household substance for which special packaging is required pursuant to a regulation under this section, the Secretary may in such regulation prohibit the packaging of such substance in packages which he determines are unnecessarily attractive to children. ###
(e)Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in establishing a standard under this section, to prepare a comparison of the costs that would be incurred in complying with such standard with the benefits of such standard.
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