No. CPSC doesn't issue, approve or stamp a Children's Product Certificate. The importer writes it, or the U.S. maker for goods made here, stating that the product meets each children's safety rule that applies, based on a test report from a CPSC-accepted lab. There's no application, no approval step and no CPSC-issued paper.
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| What they do | What they don't do | |
|---|---|---|
| The lab | Tests the product and issues a test report | Issue the certificate |
| The importer (or U.S. maker) | Writes the certificate on that testing and stands behind it | Hand the duty to a supplier |
| CPSC | Writes the rules, accepts labs, can ask to see the certificate | Issue, review in advance or approve anything |
Source: 16 CFR 1110.7, 1110.13; CPSC, Children's Product Certificate; CPSC, Third Party Testing
CPSC writes the safety rules, accepts the third-party labs allowed to test children's products, and can ask to see a certificate. Under the rule, a certificate goes to every distributor and retailer, has to be produced within 24 hours when CPSC or CBP asks, and for most imports its data is filed electronically at entry. A marketplace asks to see it too. What CPSC doesn't do is issue the certificate, review it in advance, or approve a product.
No. Those phrases don't name anything CPSC issues. Someone searching for them usually means one of three real things: a product tested by a CPSC-accepted lab, a Children's Product Certificate the importer issued on that testing, or a lab that CPSC has accepted.
That's why a lab can be "CPSC-accepted" while a product can't be "CPSC-certified". Acceptance is something CPSC does to a lab. Certification is something the importer does for a product.
There's no such paper to send: CPSC doesn't issue certificates. Amazon's own page for CPSC-regulated products lists what it actually wants.
For a children's product, that's a Children's Product Certificate (CPC) from the U.S. maker or the importer, plus test reports from a CPSC-accepted lab. For a general-use product, it's a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) from the U.S. maker or the importer, plus test reports from a lab accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 (the global standard for testing labs). Amazon can also ask for photos of every side of the product and its packaging, and the instructions.
You send them from the Performance tab, in Account Health: under Manage your compliance, open Product compliance requests, then Provide documents. Amazon decides on the listing from what you send, so a shipment that customs or CPSC released doesn't settle it.
For an imported product, the importer. For a product made in the U.S., the manufacturer, or for a privately labeled product the private labeler, unless the manufacturer issues it. That party writes the certificate and is legally responsible for what it says. A lab or consultant may help draft it, but the certifier is the importer or maker.
The importer can be a U.S. or a foreign company; Amazon's CPC policy says so. But Amazon itself can never be listed as importer, record holder or any other responsible party.
A supplier will often send a certificate with its own name as certifier. That counts only if the supplier is also the importer. Say you import the goods and the supplier's CPC names the supplier. The usual fix is to reissue it with you as certifier, on the same accepted-lab test report; the testing isn't repeated.
Goods shipped delivered duty paid, where a freight forwarder acts as importer of record, make this harder to see. Who must certify then is a question for a licensed customs broker or trade attorney.
There's no official form. Since July 8, 2026, the rule lists seven items: the product, with a unique identifier; each safety rule; the certifier's contact details; whoever keeps the records; where and when it was made; where and when it was tested, with each lab; and the certifier's attestation. Any layout that carries all seven, accurately and in English, works.
The attestation is new. A paper or PDF certificate prints it in the rule's own words: the products comply, the information is true and accurate to the certifier's knowledge, and a knowingly false statement is a federal crime. CPSC's own sample certificates are older than this rule and show no attestation.
Holding a certificate a marketplace asked for, or one it sent back? The free CPC check reads the certificate, the test report and the invoice and shows the five things a reviewer checks across them — who is named as certifier, whether the product matches, which lab tested it — each cited to the rule.
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See the plan for your product →The rules on this page do change — an eFiling date, a list, a threshold. Leave an email and a short note goes out if one does: a few a year at most, one click to stop, and the address is used for nothing else. A summary of the guide and a link arrive now, as confirmation.
Information current as of 2026-10-20.
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This report is an automated, informational screening tool only. Tiana & Co. is not a licensed customs broker and does not conduct customs business. This report does not constitute legal advice, a compliance determination, or a certification of admissibility for any supplier, product, or shipment.
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.
Name-similarity results do not establish or rule out the identity of any company. Where multiple similarly named records exist, none should be treated as confirmed without independent verification against the primary government source.
This tool is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a substitute for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or any other government agency. No warranty is made as to the accuracy, completeness, or currency of any finding.
Use of this report for import, procurement, sanctions-compliance, or investment decisions is at the user's own risk. Anyone with compliance obligations under UFLPA, OFAC, or CPSC regulations should consult qualified legal counsel before making a transactional decision.