What is the CPSIA?

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

If your product has multiple pieces, you do not need to label each piece.

If you already keep records of your materials and sources and you can tell where each material came from, you do not need to start using a system of batch numbers.

Products are exempt from labeling when it is not “practicable” to label them.

“Permanent” means reasonably expected to “remain on the product during the useful life of the product.”

The CPSIA applies to all products intended for children under 12 regardless of the materials used to produce the product. There are certain materials that can be used for which the CPSC has stated manufacturer’s do not risk sanction or penalties (see Question number eight) from the Commission, but to date, there have been no [...]