{"id":1353,"date":"2017-02-17T02:05:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T02:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/cc\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2017-02-17T02:05:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T02:05:29","slug":"importing-toys-and-childrens-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/importing-toys-and-childrens-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing toys and children’s products"},"content":{"rendered":"

All children’s products<\/a><\/strong> need to meet CPSC regulations.<\/strong> Specifically they need to meet CPSIA\u00a0<\/span>requirements regarding lead and possibly phthalate testing. (<\/span>https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/en\/Business–Manufacturing\/Business-Education\/Business-Guidance\/Phthalates-Information\/<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Testing must be done by a CPSIA certified laboratory. This can be done either by the importer or the factory. Most importers ask the factory to contract out work with a certified laboratory in China. (<\/span>http:\/\/www.<\/span>cpsc<\/span>.gov\/cgi-bin\/labsearch\/<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The products will need to have tracking labels. (<\/span>http:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/en\/Business–Manufacturing\/Business-Education\/tracking-label\/<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The importer needs to produce a GCC (General Certificate of Conformity). This is a document that the importer produces certifying that the product meets the requirements of the CPSC. (<\/span>http:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/PageFiles\/110302\/elecertfaq.pdf<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    All children’s products need to meet CPSC regulations. Specifically they need to meet CPSIA\u00a0requirements regarding lead and possibly phthalate testing. (https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/en\/Business–Manufacturing\/Business-Education\/Business-Guidance\/Phthalates-Information\/) Testing must be done by a CPSIA certified laboratory. This can be done either by the importer or the factory. Most importers ask the factory to contract out work with a certified laboratory in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cargocentric.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}