CPC for children’s towels

Children’s towels 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 and phthalate 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 towels The testing and certification path

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Which rules apply to children’s towels

Children’s towels (hooded towels, washcloths, swim towels) test for lead in dyes, prints, and decorative hoods plus phthalates in any plasticized layers or attachments.
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 printed artwork lead, hood decorations (ears, characters) as small-parts and coating candidates, and phthalates in waterproof or plasticized layers where present.

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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Do hooded towels need small-parts testing?

Hood decorations and appliqués are small-parts candidates after stress testing — include them when the towel is graded under 3.

Are swim towels different?

Same rules; swim towels often add plasticized prints and patches, which pull phthalate testing into scope.

CPC for children’s towels

Which rules apply to children’s towels

The testing and certification path

Questions people ask

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The phthalates ban: 16 CFR Part 1307