LAB has announced that it supports the Consumer Product Safety Act through the accreditation of testing laboratories to the requirements set forth in 16 CFR Part 1303.
The mission of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC) is to protect the public from the unreasonable risk of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer products in and around the home.
This act mandates that third party testing be conducted on certain types of children's products.
Specifically this act concerns the testing for lead content and toxicity for children's toys and toy safety, in response the rising concerns surrounding this issue and the increased number of incidents of lead poisoning to infants and children in the US.
According to CPSIA 2008 - prior to importing for use, storage or distribution any children's product subject to a children's product safety rule, every manufacturer of these children's product shall have product(s) tested and certificate(s) issued by a third party conformity assessment body (test lab) that meets the requirements established by the commission.
Laboratories testing children's products for conformity with the lead paint ban must be accredited by an ILAC-MRA signatory accrediting body like LAB to ISO/IEC 17025 - General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.
The scope of the accreditation must expressly include testing to the requirements of 16 CFR Part 1303.
Finally, the accreditation must also be registered with the CSPC LAB is working with several laboratories to quickly meet the aggressive deadlines present by the CSPC.
