Case Study

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) relies on the ILAC MRA for confidence in the quality of children’s products.

The CPSC issued regulations to recognise test data associated with children’s products coming from laboratories accredited by an ILAC MRA signatory accreditation body. CPSC registers laboratories that can perform compliance testing based on a simple application process identifying the relevant scope of accreditation from an ILAC MRA signatory accreditation body.

This move enabled CPSC to leverage its limited resources, yet provide for the acceptance of test data originating from the countries of export and reducing the need for redundant testing upon import.

Many children’s products continue to be added within the scope of this requirement for accreditation.

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