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CPC for children’s water bottles

Children’s water bottles are children’s products with food contact: the CPC cites lead content in substrates and coatings (straw valves and printed artwork included), phthalates in gaskets and plasticized parts, and small-parts review of spouts and straws — while the interior surfaces bring FDA food-contact material requirements from your material supplier.
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What gets tested

  • Lead in the bottle substrate, exterior coatings, printed artwork, and the spout assembly.
  • Phthalates in gaskets, straws, and plasticized components — the mouthable parts the limits target.
  • Small parts on detachable spouts and caps for products graded under 3.

Design notes before testing

Insulated bottles add an inner-wall material and vacuum-layer construction to the plan; printed artwork adds coating tests. The classic failures are decorative coatings failing lead and spout valves separating into small parts — both fixable in design before the lab sees them.

Questions people ask

Do stainless bottles need lead testing?

Yes on the accessible components: coatings, printed artwork, spouts, and gaskets. The stainless body itself is screened per the lab’s method, with food-contact documentation for the interior.

What age grades a water bottle?

Most children’s bottles grade 3+; under-3 grades pull small-parts testing onto spouts and caps. Grade honestly to the design.

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