childrens products lead content
Testing & Lead Content Certification in Children’s Products Extended by CPSC until December 2011
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has extended its testing and certification of lead content in children’s products until December 31, 2011. The decision was voted in on January 31 and requires importers and manufacturers of children’s products outside of the United States to have the proper certificates stating that the lead content in their products meets U.S. limits. If a certificate is not obtained from a CPSC-approved third party laboratory, then a manufacturer’s children’s products may not be sold in the U.S.
There are already federal restrictions in place regarding the total lead content in children’s products, but despite the extension of testing and certification, any manufacturer, importer, or retailer of children’s products must still adhere to these regulations.