What Is Ista 3A Testing

ISTA 3A package testing is a general simulation test for individual packaged-products shipped through a parcel delivery system. The ISTA 3A test procedure is appropriate for four different types of packages commonly distributed as individual packages, either by air or ground.

What is 3A packing?

Test Procedure 3A is a general simulation test for individual packaged-products shipped through a parcel delivery system. … This tests the container’s (whether primary package or transport package) ability to hold a seal or closure and the retention of contents (liquid, powder or gas) without leaking.

What is ISTA certification?

The International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) is an organization that writes test procedures defining how packages should perform to ensure protection of their contents; testing laboratories can be certified to perform package testing to these ISTA standards.