The Source Index
Every tier, every rule, in one place
This is the complete sourcing policy for CondomPoint — not a summary. If a page anywhere on this site cites something, that source fits one of the tiers below.
Last verified: August 2026
Tier 1 — primary authority
Cited directly, highest confidence
ISO 4074 — Natural rubber latex male condoms: requirements and test methods, ISO/TC 157. Current edition 2026.
ASTM D3492 — Standard Specification for Rubber Contraceptives (Male Condom)
ISO 16038 / ISO 10993-1 — application guideline and biological evaluation standards
WHO/UNFPA Male Latex Condom: Specification, Prequalification and Guidelines for Procurement (2010, rev. 2013), ISBN 978 92 4 159990 0
WHO Technical Report Series 1025 — Annexes 9 and 10
UNFPA Prequalified Male Condom Manufacturers registry — the official global manufacturer list
US FDA — 21 CFR 884.5300, Class II medical device classification, and the public 510(k) database
EU Medical Device Regulation — (EU) 2017/745
National regulators — India's CDSCO and BIS, UK's MHRA, Australia's TGA, Japan's PMDA, China's NMPA, Brazil's ANVISA
Company filings and stock exchange disclosures — including Reckitt, Church & Dwight, Karex Berhad (MYX: 5247), Cupid Limited, Mankind Pharma, TTK Healthcare
Peer-reviewed journals — Contraception, BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, The Lancet
Smithsonian Institution and Wellcome Collection — museum and archival records
Tier 2 — acceptable with a note
Used, but never presented as settled alone
Wikipedia — used only to locate primary sources, never cited as the source itself
Market research firms — always named and dated; where firms disagree, the range is published with every source attributed
Established business press — Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Business Standard, The Guardian
University press books — academic history and policy scholarship
National health service consumer guidance — NHS, CDC, and equivalents
Official brand history pages — labelled explicitly as self-reported
Never cited
What this codex will not use as a source
Retailer product blogs and "best condoms" listicles — commercially motivated, unsourced
Any site whose primary business is selling the products being described
Social media, forums, Reddit, Quora
Unattributed statistics with no named originating body
AI-generated content farms
The "3000 BC Egypt" condom claim, and similar popular claims the archaeological record does not support at the confidence usually implied
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