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CPC for children’s pencil cases

Children’s Pencil Cases designed or marketed primarily for 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 CPSIA lead/phthalates for children’s school goods, plus tracking labels. The importer or US manufacturer issues the CPC — not the factory and not the lab.
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Rules sellers cite for pencil case

  • Kids’ pencil cases are children’s products when marketed to children; soft PVC is a phthalates magnet.
  • CPSIA Section 101 total lead content in accessible materials.
  • 16 CFR Part 1303 lead in paint and surface coatings where coated.
  • CPSIA Section 103 tracking labels on product and packaging.

Testing focus and certification

Soft plastics, metal zippers, and printed coatings.

Book a CPSC-accepted lab for the exact rules, then issue the CPC in your importer name citing the report. Keep certificate and report together for at least five years.

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Questions people ask

Filled cases with stationery?

Included stationery may need its own scope — test the kit as sold.

Silicone cases?

Still verify chemistry rather than assume.

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