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1. Containers

 The container and its closure must not interact physically or chemically with the

enclosedherbalmaterial inanywaythatwouldalteritsquality.

Well-closed Tightly-closed
container container

•It must protect the •It must protect the
contents from
extraneousmatteror contents from

loss of the material extraneousmatter,loss

under normal of the material, and

conditions of deliquescence , or

handling, shipment, evaporation under

orstorage. normal conditions of

handling, shipment, or

storage.

• If the container is
intendedtobeopened
onseveraloccasions,it
mustbedesignedtobe
airtight afterre-closure.