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CPSC extends enforcement on testing of children's products

21 Dec '09
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The Commission has decided not to require GCCs for children's products. A full list of required certifications and effective dates can be found in the attached chart (below). The chart shows which products remain subject to the stay of certification and which do not.

The stay of enforcement will remain in effect for certain categories of nonchildren's products including adult bicycles, carpets and rugs, vinyl plastic film and wearing apparel. General certificates of conformity are currently required for pool drain covers.

Additionally, products that require labeling under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) or labeling rules will not require additional certification to those regulations.

Component Testing Adds Flexibility to Compliance:

Significant to domestic manufacturers, crafters and U.S. importers, the Commission has also voted unanimously (5-0) to adopt an interim enforcement policy allowing component part testing. Under this policy, domestic manufacturers and importers now have a choice in certifying their products. As before, they can send samples of the entire children's product out for independent third party testing. Now they can certify their products as meeting lead paint and lead content limits in the following ways:

Lead in Paint:

• Have test reports from recognized independent third party testing labs showing that each paint on the product complies with the 90 ppm lead paint limit.
OR
• Have certificates from paint suppliers declaring that all their paint on the product complies with the 90 ppm lead limit based on testing by recognized independent third party testing laboratories.

Lead content:

• Have test reports from recognized independent third-party testing labs showing that each of the accessible component parts on the product complies with the 300 ppm lead limit.
OR
• Have certificates from part suppliers declaring that all accessible component parts on the product comply with the 300 ppm lead limit based on testing by recognized independent third party testing laboratories.

Most fasteners, such as buttons, zippers, and screws, sold by themselves are not considered children's products and would not have to comply with the lead limits or be certified. However, the same fasteners must meet the lead limits if they are used on a children's product. Voluntary certification by suppliers of component parts would make them more beneficial to manufacturers who use them in children's products.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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