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ASTM-F963; CPSIA

CPSC: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission;

CPSIA: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act;

H.R.4040: The bill number of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act;

ASTM: American Society of Testing Material

ASTM F 963: Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety American toy safety standard;

Children's products: refers to consumer products designed and used mainly for children under 12 years of age;

Children's toys: consumer products designed for children under 12 to play with;

Child care products: consumer products designed to help children under 3 years of age promote sleep, feeding, and help children suck milk or teeth. CPSIA content overview:

Effective August 14, 2008 Title I- Children’s Product Safety Chapter I-Children’s Product Safety

Sec.101. Children’s products containing lead, lead paint rule (Section 101)

Sec.102. Mandatory third party testing for certain children’s product. Certain children’s products are subject to mandatory third party testing for certain children’s product (Section 102)

Sec.103. Tracking labels for children’s products. Children’s product tracking labels (Section 103)

Sec.104. Standards and consumer registration of durable nursery products. Standards and consumer registration of durable nursery products. (Section 104)

Sec.105. Labeling requirement for advertising toys and games. Labeling requirement for advertising toys and games (Section 105)

Sec.106. Mandatory of toy safety standards. Mandatory toy safety standards (section 106)

Sec.107. Study of preventable injuries and death in minority children related to consumer products. Study of preventable injuries and death in minority children related to consumer products.

Sec.108. Prohibition on sale of certain products containing specific phthalates. Prohibition on sale of certain products containing specific phthalates (Section 108)

Sec.102 Mandatory third-party inspection

Federal law requires manufacturers and importers to test many consumer products to demonstrate compliance with consumer product safety requirements.

ØBased on the compliance test results, the manufacturer or importer must prove in the form of a written or electronic certificate that the consumer product meets the applicable consumer product safety requirements.

ØThe certificate must accompany the product or transportation, and a copy must be provided to the retailer, distributor, and government.

üThe consumer products mentioned here include children's certificate (CPC certificate) and non-children's products (GCC certificate) (general products).