The following list are biomedical waste disposal bags that are compliant with Chapter 64E-16, Florida Administrative Code.

Subject to change without notice. The Florida Department of Health and its affiliated county health departments in no way endorse any or all of these products. If a particular bag does not appear on this list, test results must be on file at the biomedical waste generator’s office. Those test results must verify that the bag meets or exceeds all applicable requirements of Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C.

An asterisk (*) indicates bags that are constructed of polypropylene; all others are constructed of polyethylene. 

Name and AddressProduct Designation
Berry Plastics
101 Oakley St.
Evansville, IN 47710
812-424-2904
LHF (prefix)
LHR (prefix)
LHCP (prefix)
Calico Industries, Inc.
9045 Junction Drive
Annapolis, MD 20701
301-490-1595
485-060-080-0120
485-060-080-0140
485-060-080-0160
485-060-080-0220
485-060-080-0240
485-060-080-0260
245IW
245IWF
Calink Industrial Procurement, Inc.
410 Frontgate Drive
Cary, NC 27519
919-388-1500
1.89 mil
Champion Plastics
220 Clifton Blvd.
Clifton, NJ 07011
973-777-9400 or 800-526-1230
1523
2143
2346
Colonial Bag Corporation
205 East Fullerton Ave.
Carol Stream, IL 60188
630-690-3999
NON122424
NON204046
Diversified Medical Products, Inc.
5139 Brooks St., Complex A
Montclair, CA 91763
909-621-0554
All 9000 Series
Elkay Plastics, Inc.
5290 Westgate Drive, Unit D
Atlanta, GA 30336
800-842-2247
All Elkay Plastics red bags approved for use in Florida are stamped with the Elkaylogo. This shows a “K” placed on the horizontal line of an “L”, both placed above the word “PLASTICS.” All this is inside a square.
Flexsol Packaging Corporation
1531 NW 12th Ave.
Pompano Beach, FL 33069
954-956-1100 or 800-325-7740
1.5 mil
Fortune Plastics, Inc.
11580 Ryland Court
Orlando, FL 32824
407-855-3556 or 800-777-3556
CB24FLA
CB39FLA
CB48FLA
B6115-504
B6115-505
1.1 mil
1.2 mil
1.3 mil
2.9 mil
Frontier Bag Inc.
5720 MO-150 Highway
Kansas City, MO 64147
40” x 46” x.1.5 mil.24” x 24” x.1.5 mil.26” x 49” x.1.5 mil.27” x 21” x .1.5 mil.25” x 20” x .1.5 mil.25” x 20” x .1.5 mil.26” x 22” x .1.5 mil.65” x 78” x 2 mil.33”x 39” x 2 mil.
Gemini Plastic Films Corp.
535 Midland Ave.
Garfield, NJ 07026
973-340-0700
GEM-TOUGH 43
GEM-TOUGH 41
GEM-TOUGH 35
GP Plastics
13375 Branch View Lane
Dallas, TX 75234
972-484-4404
CP 23
CP 39
CP 46
Heritage Bag Company
8096 Bankhead Highway
Villa Rica, GA 30180
770-942-0025
A(number)AR
C(number)AR
A(number)PR
C(number)PR
A(number)XR
C(number)XR
A(number)ZR
C(number)ZR
Houston Poly
11726 Holderrieth Road
Tomball, TX 77375
281-351-1726
40X46IW 1.3 mil
Integrated Bagging Systems
9 Peach Tree Hill Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
800-896-3222
1.3 mil and higher
Medegen Medical Products
P.O. Box 228
209 Medegen Drive
Gallaway, TN 38036
AC1419R, AC1923R, AC2530RAC2535R, AC3138R, AC3847R,CF2359FUN610, FUN630, FUN650F110, F116, F116-BX, F116-IMC, F117, F118, F118IMCF124, F124-IMC, F130, F135, F149, F169, F592RD610, RD630, DR65003-4530, 03-4541, 03-4543, 03-4545, 03-4550,03-4554, 03-4715, 03-4741, 03-4743, 03-4750,03-477114828244, 148288245, 14828246, 14828247148282482634, 263537-9745-30, 45-41, 45-43, 45-45, 45-54, 45-7547-41, 47-43, 47-45, 47-50, 47-71  
Medical Action Industries, Inc.
25 Heywood Road
Arden, NC 28704
828-681-8820
All Medical Action Industries red bags approved for use in Florida are stamped with the MAI logo and these three lines:
Meets Requirements as Follows:
ASTM: D 1709-04 165 gram Dart Impact
ASTM: D 1922-05 480 gram Elmendorf Tear
M.H.M.S. Corporation
14003 Lake Magdalene Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33168
813-961-1966
MHMS(number)
BS3GRH
Pitt Plastics, Inc.
1400 Atkinson Ave.
Pittsburgh, KA 66762
620-231-4337
Greater than
1.0 mil Polyethylene
Premium Plastics
465 West Cermak Road
Chicago, IL 60616
312-225-8700
1113-07
1122-07
1132-07
Rollpak Corporation
1413 Eisenhower Drive South
Goshen, IN 46526
574-533-0541
All Rollpak red bags approved for use in Florida have
STX MAT#235 stamped on them in black letters.
San-I-Pak Corporation
15901 25th Ave, SW
Seattle, WA 98166
800-875-7264
TP-0799
Streamline Solutions
P. O. Box 560775
Orlando, FL 32856
866-244-7700
IW1419
IW2423A
IW2433
IW3339
IW4046
IW5464
TUFPAK, INC.
P.O. Box 249
Ossipee, NH 03864
603-539-4126
PR-2-R1-04
Whitney Products, Inc.
6153C Mulford St.
Niles, IL  60714
847-470-9300 or 800-338-4237
BH1313, BH1314
Only these Whitney bags have the following printed on them:  This bag exceeds 165g in impact resistance, as measured by ASTM D 1709 (current version), and 480g in tear resistance in both dimensions, as measured by ASTM D 1922 (current version).