Common problems in the audit of CPC certification
CPC, namely children's product certificate, child product certificate. The certificate is derived from the requirements of CPSIA (child Product Safety Promotion Act) of the United States: child product manufacturers (referring to native manufacturers in the United States) and importers (USA) must prove that their children's products comply with applicable child product safety regulations in written child product certificate (CPC) based on the test results of third party laboratories approved by CPSC.
What products need to provide CPC certificates?
Children's products (consumer goods designed for children 12 years or under, or who are major users at or under the age of 12)
Who provides CPC certificates?
A U.S. manufacturer or importer of the United States, or written by another agency (such as a testing agency).
Who is responsible for CPC certification?
The importer of the United States shall be responsible for the products imported into the United States.
The contents of CPC certificate include:
Product information: the products covered by the certificate shall be described in detail as far as possible, so that the product identification has Weiyi nature;
CPSC safety regulations applicable to and passed the test: the test shall be conducted by a third-party laboratory approved by CPSC;
The name, address and contact information of the U.S. importer or local manufacturer proving the conformity of the product;
Contact information of the person who keeps the test report;
Date and address of production of the product;
Date and address of the product to be tested;
Third party laboratory information approved by CPSC for testing.
Common problems in the audit of CPC certification
According to the statistics of the reasons for the current audit failure, the common reasons are as follows:
1. the CPC certificate does not contain the information of the U.S. importer
2. the inspection regulations and items are incomplete and there are omissions
3. the test report is not tested in the third party laboratory approved by CPSC
4. report is not true
