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This article is from the Food Science
FAQ, bypking123@sympatico.ca (Paul E. J. King) with numerous
contributions by others.
10. Why are some packages difficult to open?
the design of a package is inevitably a compromise between, on
the one hand, the essential protection of the contents, in some cases
requiring extra robustness or an airtight seal, and on the other hand,
easy and convenient use, including ease of opening. A really
well-designed pack is one that strikes an effective balance between
these two requirements. While there are some packs that are more
difficult to open than others, when an occasional pack is encountered
that is virtually impossible to open, it is usually the result of a
temporary maladjustment of a packaging machine (for example, forming
much too tight threading of a metal cap on a bottle) rather than a
design fault. Manufacturers are increasingly having their attention
drawn to the special 'openability' problems encountered by customers
with physical disabilities, and efforts to improve matters in this
direction will benefit all users
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