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 [...]

Here is a collection of links where you can see a wide variety of tracking label solutions.

Yarn, both natural and synthetic, is on the CPSC’s list of materials exempt from both third party lead testing and phthalate testing.  So any knitted or crocheted product that is made entirely of yarn does not require any third party testing.
However, if you add a button, zipper, or any other part not made of yarn, [...]

Here is a list of materials that you do not have to send to a laboratory in order to prove that they are lead-free.

What information has to be put on the label or alternatively, somewhere on the product and/or its packaging?

the name of the manufacturer or private labeler
the location of production (city, state/province, and country)
the date of production OR a mark, such as a batch number or cohort number, that you can use to look up the date [...]

CPSC’s tracking label guidance gives you some flexibility in determining your “date of production.”