Personal hygiene products and UDI compliance

Although specified as medical device identification, the UDI system applies to other products such as male contraception and female hygiene products which may be more commonly categorized within the personal care industry. Any device that is used on or in the body and is considered liable to any level of health risk will be required to comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation. This means on each medical device, label and package subject to the regulation, a UDI code must be provided in a human-readable (plain-text) form. It also must appear in a machine-readable form that uses automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technology.