CPC for children’s swim goggles

Children’s swim goggles 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 swim goggles The testing and certification path

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Which rules apply to children’s swim goggles

Lead and phthalate screening on lenses, seals, straps, and printed artwork; small-parts review on buckles.
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

Materials screening on every component; small-parts after stress; durability in chlorinated water.

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

Does pool chlorine affect certification?

Degradation in chlorinated water is a durability question.

Are goggles graded under 3 common?

Rarely: most grade 3+ or 6+.

CPC for children’s swim goggles

Which rules apply to children’s swim goggles

The testing and certification path

Questions people ask

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