Children's Product Certificate

CPC，Children's Product Certificate

About CPC

▬What's CPC?

CPC (Children's Product Certificate) originate from the mandatory regulation CPSIA (The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act). The regulation require a written certification should be issued, in which the manufacturer or importer certifies that its children's product complies with all applicable children's product safety rules based upon the passing test results performed by a CPSC-accredited third party lab.

▬What products should provide CPC?

Children's product, refers to consumer productis designed or intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger.

▬Who must issue CPC?

The importer must issue the CPC for products manufactured overseas, and the U.S. manufacturer must issue the CPC for products manufactured domestically. 

▬Who should be responsible for CPC?

The US importer or US domestic manufacturer is always legally responsible for issuing a CPC, even if a third party testing laboratory or another third party provides assistance in drafting the CPC.

▬What elements required in a CPC?

■ Identification of the product covered by this certificate:

Describe the product(s) covered by this certification in enough detail to match the certificate to each product it covers and no others.

■ Citation to each CPSC children's product safety rule to which this product is being certified:

The certificate must identify separately each children's product safety rule that is applicable to the children's product.

■ Identification of the importer or domestic manufacturer certifying compliance of the product:

Provide the name, full mailing address, and telephone number of the importer or U.S. domestic manufacturer certifying the product.

■ Contact information for the individual maintaining records of test results:

Provide the name, full mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the person maintaining test records in support of the certification.

■ Date and place where this product was manufactured:

For the date(s) when the product was manufactured, provide at least the month and year. For the place of manufacture, provide at least the city (or administrative region), state (if applicable), and country where the product was manufactured or finally assembled. If the same manufacturer operates more than one location in the samecity, provide the street address of the factory.

■ Provide the date(s) and place when the product wastested for compliance with the consumer product safety rule(s) cited above:

Provide the location(s) of the testing and the date(s) of the test(s) or test report(s) on which certification is being based.

■ Identify any third party, CPSC-accredited laboratory on whose testing the certificate depends:

Provide the name, full mailing address, and telephone number of the laboratory. Registered small batch manufacturers who are not required to third party test their product to certain children's product safety requirements must include the registration number provided by the CPSC in thissection of the CPC. (Products manufactured by registered small batch manufacturers must still comply with applicable children's product safety rules.).

Download the template

Official link：https://www.cpsc.gov/Testing-Certification/Childrens-Product-Certificate-CPC