Us Testing Children Bedding For Third Party Certification

The Consumer Product Safety Commission of the United States, in August 4th, passed two notices on Approving the third party eligible assessment institutions to test products according to certain standards in August 4th. They were (1) testing clothes mainly for children aged 12 or below according to the flammability standard of clothing and textiles, namely, 16 1610th (16CFRpart1610) of the Federal Code. (2) testing bedding, mattress and mattress covers for children under 12 years of age or below according to the flammability regulation of bedding.

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The third party laboratory must be accredited by the accreditation body to obtain the testing of the above child products, and the authorized institution must be the signatory of the international laboratory accreditation alliance mutual recognition arrangement, whose qualification is required to be registered with the consumer product safety committee and received.

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

Accreditation must conform to the ISO standard ISO/IEC17025:2005, and the scope of recognition must be specified to include garments and textiles.

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.

　　除了基本的認證規定外，《消費品安全改進法》規定，在以下情況下，由政府全資或部分擁有或控制的化驗所可取得認可資格：(1)在任何國家經營的制造商或自有品牌者，在可行的情況下獲準選擇并非由該國家的政府所擁有或控制的化驗室;(2)化驗所的檢測結果沒有受到任何人包括另一個政府單位的不當干預;(3)相比在同一國家的其他經認證化驗室，該化驗所沒有獲得較優惠的待遇;(4)相比在同一國家的其他經認證化驗所的檢測結果，政府其他機關不會較為重視該化驗所的檢測結果;以及(5)該化驗所沒有就影響其本身運作的事宜，對政府其他機關作出不當干預;或對于其他負責控制產品分銷的政府機關依據化驗所認證評核結果所作的決定，亦不會施以不當干預。

Even if the accreditation of the laboratory itself has not been accepted by the committee, the Commission will accept the accreditation issued by the laboratory for testing results.

The laboratory has been accredited by the signatories of the international laboratory accreditation union mutual recognition arrangement to comply with the ISO / IEC 17025 international standard.

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.

In the course of testing, the effective certification category of the third party accreditation bodies clearly includes tests based on the flammability standards of clothing and textiles, bedding and mattress flammability standards, and / or the flammability of cushion sets (Ming Huo) standard.

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.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has set up an online certification admission and registration system at http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/labaccred.html..