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.

　　除了基本的認(rèn)證規(guī)定外，《消費品安全改進(jìn)法》規(guī)定，在以下情況，由政府全資或部分擁有或控制的化驗所可取得認(rèn)可資格：(1)在任何國家經(jīng)營的制造商或自有品牌者，在可行的情況下獲準(zhǔn)選擇并非由該國家的政府所擁有或控制的化驗室;(2)化驗所的檢測結(jié)果沒有受到任何人包括另一個政府單位的不當(dāng)干預(yù);(3)相比在同一國家的其他經(jīng)認(rèn)證化驗室，該化驗所沒有獲得較優(yōu)惠的待遇;(4)相比在同一國家的其他經(jīng)認(rèn)證化驗所的檢測結(jié)果，政府其他機(jī)關(guān)不會較為重視該化驗所的檢測結(jié)果;以及(5)該化驗所沒有就影響其本身運作的事宜，對政府其他機(jī)關(guān)作出不當(dāng)干預(yù);或?qū)τ谄渌?fù)責(zé)控制產(chǎn)品分銷的政府機(jī)關(guān)依據(jù)化驗所認(rèn)證評核結(jié)果所作的決定，亦不會施以不當(dāng)干預(yù)。

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.