Dangerous Goods Testing

Introduction

Pira has been at the forefront of dangerous good package testing since the very earliest days of the UN requirements. Throughout this history Pira has maintained an unrivalled knowledge of UN package testing. We remain uniquely placed to offer detailed guidance to companies that are faced with the complexities of the Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulations. We have recently relocated to a newly built state of the art laboratory, further improving our test capabilities.

Packaging Types

Pira’s test facilities are accredited to undertake UN testing on all package types including:


Bags - paper, plastic, textile	Boxes/combination packs - of allmaterials	Drums and jerricans - steel, fibre, plastic, composite

Intermediate bulk containers - metal,plastic, fibreboard, wood, flexible,composite	Large packagings - metal, plastic, fibreboardwood, composite, flexible	Specialist packs - for infectioussubstances and diagnostics

Our services

Pira is independent from packaging suppliers but can make use of affiliate laboratory facilities at Ciba Speciality Chemicals in Switzerland for chemical compatibility testing of plastic packaging.

Pira’s UN package testing laboratory provides:

Expert assistance in understanding complicated regulatory requirements
A highly responsive testing service with turnaround to meet your needs
On site access to the independent UK certifying body
Recommendations relating to improvements for packs that fail to meet the test requirements
Additional distribution testing to allow for a detailed assessment of pack performance
Vibration, horizontal impact hazards and unit load testing not included in the UN tests
An ongoing validation service to ensure continued use of approved specification
Certificate revalidation testing to meet the new requirements of the UK certifying body
Testing to cover the non-mandatory ‘capability’ performance requirements (limited quantities, diagnostic specimens and consumer commodities).