CPC for children’s jewelry-making kits

Which rules apply to children’s jewelry-making kits

• Jewelry-making kits for children test every component class — beads, charms, cords, clasps — for lead and cadmium (children’s jewelry has its own enforcement history), phthalates in plasticized beads, and small parts by age grade.
• CPSIA section 101 total lead content in accessible substrate materials.
• 16 CFR part 1303 lead in paint and surface coatings where painted or coated.
• CPSIA section 103 tracking labels: manufacturer, location, and date of manufacture on product and packaging.

The testing and certification path

Testing covers each component class separately: metal charms and clasps (substrate lead and cadmium), plastic beads (phthalates), coated pieces (paint lead), and cords (small parts after stress). Children’s metal jewelry is a documented CPSC enforcement area — component sourcing discipline is everything.

Book testing at a laboratory that is CPSC-accepted for each rule, issue the CPC in your own name citing the rules your report supports, and keep the certificate with its test report for at least five years. Marketplaces ask for the pair, not the certificate alone.

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