CPC for children’s stickers

Children’s stickers designed or marketed to children 12 and under are children’s products: they need third-party testing at a CPSC-accepted laboratory and a Children’s Product Certificate citing lead, phthalate, and small-parts rules, plus tracking labels on the product and packaging. The importer or US manufacturer issues the CPC — marketplaces can request it at any time.

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Which rules apply to children’s stickers The testing and certification path

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Which rules apply to children’s stickers

Lead per ink color and coating finish, phthalates in puffy vinyl, small-parts review for under-3 grades.
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

Lead per color and coating, phthalates in puffy vinyl, adhesive documentation.

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.

Questions people ask

Do glitter stickers need special testing?

Glitter is a coating layer: lead testing applies like any print layer.

Are scented stickers regulated?

Scents can trigger LHAMA-style review questions.

CPC for children’s stickers

Which rules apply to children’s stickers

The testing and certification path

Questions people ask

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