CPSIA general certification and third-party testing

The new CPSIA Act expands the range of products that must be tested and certified. According to the original law, consumer products that must meet the standards published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission under the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Act usually need to be certified. And products subject to similar rules, standards, prohibitions and regulations enforced by the Commission under the authority of other acts. The requirement that this product must be certified is sometimes referred to as "the supplier's declaration of product conformity". Certification must be based on product testing or "reasonable test items". This new requirement for general certification came into effect on November 12, 2008. Self-certification of these general products does not need to be based on the test results of the third party.


Three-party test

The new law requires that all consumer goods designed for children aged 12 or younger be subject to third-party testing. Each manufacturer of children's products (including importers) or the owner of private proprietary trademarks must test the products. The test must be conducted by an approved independent testing laboratory, and a certificate that the products meet all current requirements of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall be issued according to the test results.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission of the United States is authorized to recognize the laboratory ("third-party conformity assessment agency") that performs the required tests on children's products or to designate an independent accreditation agency to recognize the testing laboratory, except for the following exceptions: the Commission itself must recognize the laboratory controlled by the manufacturer of the product in question. In order to maintain fairness, government laboratories must meet strict independent standards. The Consumer Product Safety Commission of the United States must publish an updated list of approved laboratories on the website of the Commission, and the Commission has the right to suspend or suspend the accreditation of a laboratory under appropriate circumstances.

The requirements for third-party testing and certification of children's products are gradually introduced in a continuous manner. The bill requires the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission to publish a laboratory accreditation system for testing different types of children's products. Once the committee has published the laboratory accreditation requirements for a certain category of children's products, each product belonging to that category of children's products must be tested and certified according to the current requirements if it is manufactured 90 days after the regulations come into force. The schedule for the release of laboratory accreditation requirements and certification by the CPSC is shown below.

The procedures approved by the CPSC need to be tested by the third party

Lead paint September 22, 2008 * December 22, 2008

Crib and pacifier October 2008 January 2009

Small parts November 2008 February 2009

Metal jewelry December 2008 March 2009

Baby bouncing bed, walker and stretcher March 2009 June 2009

Volume concentration value of lead 300ppm (parts per million) May 2009 August 2009

CPSC Children's Product Safety Rules June 2009 September 2009