It depends on who the product is made for. Made mainly for kids 12 or younger? It needs a Children's Product Certificate (CPC), backed by a CPSC-accepted lab. Anything else a CPSC safety rule covers needs a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC).
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| CPC | GCC | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the product is for | Children 12 or younger | Everyone else (general use) |
| Testing | A CPSC-accepted third-party lab | Testing or a reasonable testing program; no accepted lab needed |
| Rules it lists | Each children's product safety rule | Each consumer product safety rule |
| Who issues it | The importer, or the U.S. maker | The importer, or the U.S. maker |
| Official form? | No. What's on it makes it valid | No. What's on it makes it valid |
Some products need neither, when no CPSC rule reaches them.
Source: CPSC's Children's Product Certificate and General Certificate of Conformity pages; 16 CFR part 1110
Ask one question: is it designed or meant mainly for children 12 or younger? If yes, and a children's product safety rule applies, it's a CPC. If it's for general use and a CPSC safety rule applies, it's a GCC. If no CPSC rule reaches it, it needs neither.
A CPC has to rest on tests by a CPSC-accepted third-party lab, unless an exclusion covers it (ordinary books are one). A GCC can rest on your own testing or a reasonable testing program, with no accepted lab. So the certificate type sets how hard the testing is.
No official one, and nothing to buy. The importer or maker writes the CPC. What makes it valid is what's on it, not how it looks. It has seven required items; the three checked most often are the exact product, each children's safety rule, and the CPSC-accepted lab behind it.
The same idea for a general-use product: the product, each safety rule it meets, and the testing behind it. There's no official form either, and no accepted lab is needed.
No. A "CPSIA general conformity certificate" is the GCC, and a "CPSIA certificate" for a kids' product is the CPC. The CPSIA is the law behind both, and people add CPSC's name the same way. CPSC doesn't issue either one: the importer does for goods made overseas, and the U.S. maker does for goods made here.
That's a real answer, not a gap. If no CPSC rule reaches the product, there's no CPSC certificate to issue. Other agencies can still apply, like the FCC for a device that gives off radio signals.
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Verdicts in this report are produced by deterministic code, not by a language model. The explanatory paragraph accompanying each check is model-generated and checked against the cited sources before delivery. No part of this report is reviewed by a person before it is issued, so every material finding and citation should be confirmed against the underlying government source before it is relied on.
This report reflects data available as of the report date. The OFAC SDN and Consolidated lists, the other U.S. Consolidated Screening List constituents, the UFLPA Entity List, CBP withhold release orders, CPSC's eFiling list, and regulatory guidance are updated frequently and without prior notice. Users should re-screen periodically and consult qualified counsel for compliance decisions.
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