of no greater than 54 millimeters u2014 about 2 u215b inches to prevent slippage however both width and length dimension requirement have been changed to comply with the 2005 fda 510 k approval of sadlo 39 s u s pat no 5 857 466 calling for a multiplicity of condom sizes the minimum length is 160 mm roughly 6 u2153 inches since 1987 the u s food and drug administration has allowed condom boxes to list all the diseases condoms help avert more recently the fda advised a condom manufacturing company that because the disease prevention message is so important manufacturers should also print a disease prevention message on the wrappers of individual condoms since 2004 when the center 39 s of disease control cdc issued its guidance concerning observations about how the spermicide non oxynol 9 was demonstrated to be causative in abrading certain user 39 s vaginal mucosa many condom companies no longer use the spermicide but still use water based or silicone based lubricants that are added directly to the condom during the condoms traditional packaging within cellophane of the fda preferred silver backed foil wrapper fig1 illustrates a condom package 10 constructed in accordance with this invention the package 10 includes a hard.