Us Specification For Children's Products Testing

　　 U.S.A consumer goods The Safety Council has recently announced two circular announcements on the approval of the third party eligible assessment agencies according to certain standards. They are: (1) according to the flammability standard of clothing and textiles, namely, 16 1610th of the Federal Code, the test is mainly for children aged 12 or below; (2) according to the flammability regulations of the mattress, bedding, mattress and mattress covers for children under 12 years of age are tested.

According to the "Consumer Goods Safety Improvement Act", manufacturers of certain products (including importers) or private brands must submit products that are manufactured only after 90 days after the announcement of the inspection and certification provisions of the laboratory to the third party certification and accreditation bodies that have been accredited for testing, and must comply with the relevant compliance regulations according to the relevant test results.

The third party laboratory must be able to test the above. Children's products Accreditation bodies must be accredited by authorized institutions, and the authorized institutions must be the signatories of the international laboratory accreditation alliance mutual recognition arrangement, whose qualification is to be registered and accepted by the consumer product safety committee. Accreditation must conform to the ISO standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005, and the recognition category must be specified for testing including flammability standards based on garments, textiles, mattresses, mattresses and / or cushion sets.

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 be recognized as a measure to prevent conflicts of interest. Laboratory 。

　　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;(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做的决定，亦不会施以不当干预。

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

1. when the laboratory tested products, it was certified by the signatories of the international laboratory accreditation union mutual recognition arrangement to conform to the ISO / IEC ISO/IEC 17025 standard.

2. the laboratory was accepted by the Commission on October 18th and before the application of the flammable Standard Test method.

3. the product is tested in August 18th or after.

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

5. the test results show that they are in line with the applicable standards and / or regulations.

6. before the effective date of the compulsory third party certification, the two conditions of the laboratory's certification and the certification scope including flammability standards have been effective.