Suffocation Warning Lip-N-Tape Adhesive Tape Bags

Clear plastic poly bags can boost your business in multiple ways as a versatile way to pack, protect, and transport your items. If you’re selling your products on online marketplaces such as Amazon FBA, Walmart, Target, eBay, or other retail platforms, you’ll want to ensure that the bags that you use are also compliant with any relevant city, state, or company suffocation warning requirements.

Many places require that products packaged for sale in clear lip-n-tape poly bags, adhesive poly bags, or self-seal poly bags contain a suffocation warning. Children, especially those under a year old, and even pets are at risk for accidental suffocation from plastic poly bags that are commonly used for many kinds of packaging purposes.

In the absence of any federal regulations about suffocation warnings, cities, states, and even businesses have mandated the inclusion of written suffocation warnings on bags that typically open wider than 5 inches to help reduce instances of accidental suffocation.  

That’s why our Adhesive Poly Bags, Lip-N-Tape Adhesive Tape Bags, and Lip-N-Tape self-seal bags have a visible warning printed on each suffocation warning bag. Our clear suffocation warning poly bags are fully compliant with Amazon requirements and contains a warning message printed in three languages, English, Spanish, and French, to ensure that these bags are used and stored properly with awareness about childhood safety.

Our adhesive poly suffocation warning bags are printed in English, Spanish, and French:

• ENGLISH: “WARNING – TO AVOID DANGER OF SUFFOCATION, KEEP AWAY FROM BABIES AND CHILDREN. DO NOT USE IN CRIBS, BEDS, CARRIAGES, OR PLAYPENS. THIS BAG IS NOT A TOY.
• SPANISH: “AVISO - PARA EVITAR PELIGROSO DE ASFIXIA, MANTENER FUERA DEL ALCANCE DE LOS NINOS Y DE LOS BEBES. NO USAR EN CUNAS, CAMAS, CARRIOLAS, O CORRALES. ESTA BOLSA NO ES UN JUGUETE.”
• FRENCH: “ATTENTION - POUR EVITER TOUT RISQUE DE SUFFOCATION GARDEZ A L’ECART DES BEBES ET DES ENFANTS. NE PAS UTILISER DANS LES CRECHES, LITS, LANDAUS, OU PARC A BEBE. CE SAC N’EST PAS UN JOUET.”

Our self-seal poly bags are designed with a strong adhesive strip seal that offers self-seal abilities, while the clear plastic bags are manufactured from transparent, high-quality Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) to offer exceptional clarity.

Browse our wide range of sizes of Suffocation Warning Lip-N-Tape Adhesive Tape Bags to find the perfect compliant solution for your packaging needs.

FAQ

Why Should I Use Suffocation Warning Poly Bags?

Plastic bags are everywhere – in our homes and businesses. If you’ve ever shipped or bought an item from Amazon, Target, Old Navy, or other popular marketplaces, chances are that you’ve seen a written suffocation warning on these adhesive/lip & tape/self-seal bags. Bags are also often required to be clear so that these warnings are visible to parents and caretakers to alter them to the risks of plastic bags left within reach of children.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission or CPSC, the government body receives at least 25 verified reports of child suffocation from plastic bags every year. Almost 90% of these deaths occurred in children under 1 year of age. A small child can easily pull a plastic poly bag over his or her head but be unable to take it off.

Thankfully, these instances have reduced as more companies choose to use suffocation warning poly bags. Many companies such as Amazon require sellers to feature a printed warning on their Lip-N-Tape adhesive bags that have a five-inch or bigger opening to sell on their platform or marketplace.

The good news is that using self-seal adhesive suffocation warning poly bags bring increased awareness and helps ensure child safety in addition to protecting your brand’s reputation. You can help save lives and reduce the risk to consumers and families by using compliant suffocation warning poly bags to sell and ship your products safely.

What Kinds of Bags Need Suffocation Warnings?

Suffocation warning poly bags are typically used for many retail and e-Commerce purposes. One of the main ways that businesses use these bags is to package small or lightweight products like apparel, toys, or household items. Since clear poly bags are suitable for protecting products from dust, dirt, or water during storage or transit, this makes them an ideal packaging solution for many companies.

Small poly bags that feature an opening that is 5 inches or larger when lying flat can also pose a suffocation risk to pets or young children. Currently, however, the federal government doesn’t have any regulations mandating suffocation warnings on plastic poly bags.

As a result, five states, including California, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Virginia have adopted registration that requires suffocation warning poly bags. Over a dozen cities such as Chicago, Illinois, New York City, Stamford, Connecticut, Avondale, Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Norton, Virginia, Prince William County, Virginia, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, South Hill, Virginia, Gering, Nebraska, East Baton Rouge Parish, South Bend, Indiana, Saint Louis County, Missouri, and Weatherford, Texas, require poly bags to have a printed suffocation warning. Canada also has similar laws in place.

These state or local regulations typically apply to poly bags that measure 1 mil or less. It’s always best to check out your specific state or city’s legislation about poly bag size suffocation warning requirements to stay on the safe side and ensure whether they apply to your business.

Many e-Commerce platforms or marketplaces such as Amazon FBA have their own requirements about what size or kind of bag requires a suffocation warning. While Amazon FBA has a long list of packaging requirements, the megacorporation is very clear about suffocation warning requirements for poly bags.

For example, Amazon requires poly bags to measure at least 1.5 mil. A poly bag with a 5-inch or wider opening must feature a suffocation warning text. If a poly bag doesn’t have this warning, Amazon reserves the right to refuse, re-bag, or return any products that fail to meet their suffocation warning requirements. Marketplaces like Target also have similar requirements in place.

Using one of our suffocation warning bags can you save time and money, and help your business continue to thrive.