Child-resistant flip-top dispensing closure and package

A child-resistant closure includes a base and a lid is molded integrally with the base. The lid is coupled by a hinge to the base to be pivotable between a closed position and an open position. One of the base and the lid has a latch arm resiliently extending from a periphery opposite the hinge. The latch arm has a pair of oppositely extending tabs adjacent to a free end of the latch arm. The other of the base and the lid has an external recess for receiving the latch arm and a pair of laterally spaced ledges in the recess for engagement by the tabs to lock the lid in the closed position. The latch arm in the recess is directly manually engageable by a user from a radial direction external to the closure to pivot the latch arm radially inwardly within the passage and release the tabs from the ledges so that the lid can be pivoted toward the open position. The tabs on the latch arm and the ledges in the recess are recessed radially inwardly from the outer surface of the latch arm in the closed position of the lid with the tabs engaged beneath the ledges. In this way, the latch arm can be pushed radially inwardly to release the lid without the user's fingers touching the ledges in the recess.