The US Consumer Product Safety Commission Released The Latest Third Party Certification Requirements For Flammability Testing Of Children'S Pajamas.

The person concerned may make comments to the committee within 30 days after the publication of the notice.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), producers of certain products (including importers) or private brands must notify the products that are manufactured only after 90 days after the publication of the Federal Register, and submit them to the third party certification and accreditation bodies that have been accredited for testing. They must issue compliance certificates according to the relevant regulations according to the relevant test results.

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The circular said that if the third party certification and accreditation body wants to obtain the certification of children's clothing, it must first obtain the accreditation of one of the signatories of the international laboratory accreditation cooperative mutual agreement (ILAC-MRA), and the certification must be registered and accepted by the consumer product safety committee.

The list of authorized institutions is at ilac.org/membersbycategory.html.

Accreditation must conform to the ISO standard ISO/IEC17025:2005, and the scope of recognition must be specified for testing including 1615th and / or 1616 articles under the sixteenth chapter of the Federal Code.

A laboratory which has taken measures to prevent conflicts of interest must submit a training document to the committee to prove that its employees have received training. If an employee discovers that the manufacturer, his own brand or other interested person attempts to conceal or interfere with the test results of the laboratory, he will notify the US consumer product safety Committee in a confidential manner.

The additional provisions will be applicable if the children's products of the manufacturer or private brand are tested by the laboratory which holds the interests of 10% or more.

The application submitted by the laboratory must be formally accepted by the Committee. The laboratory can become a recognized laboratory which has adopted measures to prevent conflicts of interest.

　　除了基本的认证规定外，《消费品安全改进法》规定，在以下情况，由政府全资或部分拥有或控制的化验所可取得认可资格：(1)在任何国家经营的制造商或自有品牌者，在可行的情况下获准选择并非由该国家的政府所拥有或控制的化验室;(2)化验所的检测结果没有受到任何人包括另一个政府单位的不当干预;(3)相比在同一国家的其他经认证化验室，该化验所没有获得较优惠的待遇;(4)相比在同一国家的其他经认证化验所的检测结果，政府其他机关不会较为重视该化验所的检测结果;以及(5)该化验所没有就影响其本身运作的事宜，对政府其他机关作出不当干预;或对于其他负责控制产品分销的政府机关依据化验所认证评核结果所作的决定，亦不会施以不当干预。

The circular also pointed out that, even if the certification of the laboratory itself has not been accepted by the committee, the committee will accept the certification issued by the laboratory on the test results.

The laboratory has been accredited by the signatories of the international laboratory accreditation union mutual recognition arrangement to comply with the International Standard Organization (ISO) / International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 17025 international standard, and the certification category also includes the flammability standard for children's pajamas.

The laboratory accepted the application of flammability standard test within 60 days after the notice issued by the Federal Register in the laboratory for testing and certification requirements.

The product is tested on the day after or after the announcement of the laboratory examination and certification requirements in the Federal Register.

The test results show that they are in line with the applicable standards and / or regulations.

Until the effective date of the mandatory third party certification, the two conditions of the laboratory's certification and the certification scope including flammability standards have been effective.