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Show Sorni;day soon your mailman mail-man may deliver something besides bills! Many makers of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and cosmetics send free samples to consumers through the mail to promote pro-mote these products. This is an economical and efficient way to introduce them to millions of people. It has been successfully followed for many years. To strengthen the standards stan-dards of care that have evolved in this practice, the OTC companies who make up the Proprietary Association Associa-tion have adopted guidelines for mailing samples to consumers, con-sumers, physicians and dentists. den-tists. The outer container of every sample is clearly and conspicuously labeled to show that it is a medicinal product. Before any mailing, mail-ing, the U.S. Postal Service should be consulted. Furthermore, Fur-thermore, packaging companies com-panies are consulted periodically periodi-cally to ensure that the latest advances in safe packaging pack-aging are used. To keep track, The Association is sent some of each sampling at the same time the public is. Under the guidelines, the container in which the sample is mailed must be designed to discourage opening by children. The total amount of the product in any one sample is never large enough to cause injury to a child if swallowed. The Proprietary Association Associa-tion is helping make sure that free sample in your mailbox is useful and not harmful. The President of the United States has commended com-mended the Association for its efforts in establishing these guidelines, saying: "Your leadership in setting voluntary guidelines for sending sample products through the mails was a helpful step in industry-government industry-government relations." |