What is the CPSIA?

Due to the complexity of the CPSIA, many people are still wondering which parts of the testing and certification, if any, apply to them.
The Handmade Toy Alliance has therefore pulled together the flow chart below in order to provide businesses with straightforward information on what does or does not have to be tested under the [...]

Yes and no. The testing requirement depends on the printing date. Books printed before 1985 may contain lead in the ink. At this point in time, the CPSC has recommended that libraries wait for further guidance on how to handle their pre-1985 collections.
Current testing recommendations would destroy library collections and XRF testing is recommended only [...]

“Component testing” means testing the components of a product rather than testing an entire finished product.

“Upstream certification” means being allowed to use the test results of a manufacturer of supplies to certify that a product is lead-free or phthalate-free.

CPSIA requires the following items to contain no DINP, DIDP and DnOP (the 3 prohibited phthalates) and less than 0.1% of phthalates DEHP, DBP or BBP (the 3 restricted phthalates):

toys for children of any age must not have any of the 3 prohibited phthalates
toys that can be placed in a child’s mouth must not have [...]

While it is known in the screen printing industry that some inks do contain phthalates, a product must be tested for phthalates only if it falls into one of the two categories cited by the CPSIA: a toy intended for a child 12 or younger, or a “child care article” intended for children 3 and [...]