ISTA
The International Safe Transit Association, which publishes pre-shipment test procedures for packaged products.
In practice
Series 1 are screening integrity tests, series 2 partial simulations, series 3 general simulations and series 6 member-specific tests.
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Related terms
- SIOC
- Ships in own container: a product package that goes all the way to the customer without being boxed again.
- ASTM International
- A standards body whose committee D10 writes packaging test methods such as D642 (compression) and D4169 (distribution testing).
Definitions written by Packgent, last reviewed 2026-10-27. All terms.