Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA or H.R. 4040) is effective since 14 August 2008. It covers all children’s product placed on the market of USA. Any manufacturers of covered products shall provide certification to prove that the products meet the requirements under CPSIA.
1. Physical & mechanical
1.1 16CFR1501 Small parts
1.2 16CFR1500.48 Technical requirements for determining a sharppoint
1.3 16CFR1500.49 Technical requirements for determining a sharp metal or glass edge
1.4 SEC.103 Tracking labels for children’s products
2. Chemical
| Substances | Effective date | Limits | Scope | |
| Lead | Surface coating | 2009.02.10 | 90mg/kg | Children’s products, including but not limited to toys, garment, childcare articles and children’s furniture |
| Accessible substrates | 2009.02.10 | 600mg/kg | ||
| 2009.08.14 | 300mg/kg | |||
| 2011.08.14 | 100mg/kg | |||
| Phthalates | 2009.02.10 | DEHP,DBP,BBP each not greater than 1000mg/kg | Toys and child care articles | |
| DINP, DIDP, DNOP each not greater than 1000mg/kg | Toys and child care articles that can be placed into the mouth of child | |||