CPC for children’s party supplies

Which rules apply to children’s party supplies

• Children’s party supplies — favors, banners, tableware, balloons, noisemakers — are children’s products: small parts on favors (the classic party hazard), lead in printed and coated items, phthalates in plasticized tableware, and flammability on fabric decorations.
• 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 item type: small parts on favors and novelty items (party favors for under-3s are a known hazard category), lead in printed banners and coated tableware, phthalates in plastic table covers, and flammability on fabric backdrops and costumes.

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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