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.

　　除了基本的认证规定外，《消费品安全改进法》规定，在以下情况下，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。

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..