CPC for children’s grooming kits

Children’s grooming kits 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, sharp-edge, and children’s-product 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 grooming kits The testing and certification path

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Which rules apply to children’s grooming kits

Combs, brushes, and grooming sets for children need lead screening on coatings and design review of tips and small parts.
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

Painted wood handles, metal tips, and character shapes that break into small parts.

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.

Questions people ask

Are hairbrushes children’s products?

When marketed for children, yes — especially character sets.

Do included stickers need coverage?

Stickers in the kit are children’s products too.

CPC for children’s grooming kits

Which rules apply to children’s grooming kits

The testing and certification path

Questions people ask

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