Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and the CPSC certification rules
Children's products need third-party testing at a CPSC-accepted laboratory, a Children's Product Certificate, permanent tracking labels, and compliance with the lead, phthalate and small-parts rules; toys must meet the mandatory ASTM F963 standard. Other consumer products subject to a CPSC rule need a General Certificate of Conformity based on a test or a reasonable testing programme.
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What it expects in the file
- US certificate of conformity
The General Certificate of Conformity or the Children's Product Certificate, naming each rule the product is certified to, the test basis and the laboratory. - Test reports
Test reports from an accredited or accepted laboratory against the standards the technical file names, tied to the exact model and revision tested. - Labelling and instructions
Markings on the product and packaging (conformity mark, identification, warnings, manufacturer and importer details) and the instructions and safety information in the language of the market. - Traceability records
Batch, lot or serial identification on the product, the records that tie a unit to its production and supply chain, and UDI where the device rules require it.
Duties that continue after sale
- Incident reporting
Notify the authority when a product has caused, or could cause, an accident, injury or serious incident, through the channel the regime names (the Safety Business Gateway, the MHRA, the FDA, SaferProducts.gov) and within its clock. - Recall readiness
Be able to identify affected units, reach the customers who hold them, issue a notice in the required form, offer the remedy the rules require, and show the authority the effectiveness of the action. - Traceability records
Keep the records that identify which batch went to which customer, and the identification on the product that lets a unit be traced back, for the retention period the regime sets.
Product categories that engage it
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