Consumer safety · United States

CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) Compliance

CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) is issued by US Consumer Product Safety Commission and has applied since 2008-08-14. It applies to products sold in US. Below: what it covers, which products trigger it, the documents a supplier must provide, and how Complyra checks a product against it.

Authority: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Jurisdiction: United States
Regions: US
Effective: 2008-08-14
Evidence renewal: every 1825 days
Official source: https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Business-Education/CPSIA

What CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) covers

CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) is a consumer safety requirement in United States. In Complyra's dataset it is triggered by products in the following categories and by product descriptions that mention the keywords listed below.

Product categories affected

baby kids
home living

Keywords that trigger a check

consumer product
toy
children
kids
baby
juvenile
playground
furniture
bicycle

Who it applies to

Buyers importing or placing the affected products on the market in US, and the suppliers who manufacture or distribute them. In a procurement workflow the buyer is responsible for obtaining the evidence listed below from the supplier before the order is placed.

Consequences of non-compliance recorded in the dataset: Civil penalties up to $15.15M per violation, criminal prosecution

Restricted substances and materials

Substance	Limit	Unit
Lead (total) in paint/coatings	90	ppm
Lead (total substrate)	100	ppm
DEHP phthalate (children's toys)	1000	ppm
DBP phthalate	1000	ppm
BBP phthalate	1000	ppm
DINP phthalate	1000	ppm
DCHP phthalate	1000	ppm
DIBP phthalate	1000	ppm

Supplier requirements and compliance evidence

Documents a supplier should be able to provide for products in scope. Ask for these in the RFQ rather than after the goods ship.

Document
Third-party CPSC-Accepted lab test report
General Conformity Certificate (GCC) for non-children's products
Children's Product Certificate (CPC) for children's products
Tracking label on product and packaging
Recall plan

Certification types recorded for this regulation

CPSC test report
GCC or CPC

How Complyra checks CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)

When a product is searched or sourced in Complyra, its category and description are matched against the trigger categories and keywords above. If CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) applies, the product and its supplier are checked against the materials, substance limits and required documents recorded for the regulation, and the result is shown alongside the supplier match, before an RFQ is generated.

Suppliers on Complyra register and upload certifications that are reviewed by an administrator; see supplier compliance for how that review works and supplier sourcing for how compliant suppliers are found and matched.

Complyra checks product and supplier information against regulatory requirements to support procurement decisions. It does not issue certifications or guarantee legal compliance; final responsibility for compliance remains with the buyer and supplier.