CPC for children’s sunglasses

Children’s sunglasses 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, phthalate, 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 sunglasses The testing and certification path

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Which rules apply to children’s sunglasses

Kids’ sunglasses need lead/phthalate screening on frames and coatings plus lens impact/UV claim support appropriate to the marketing.
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

Frame chemistry, hinge small parts, decorative metal logos, and honest UV claims backed by measurement.

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

Is UV400 a CPC requirement?

UV performance is a claims issue backed by optical measurement. The CPC covers CPSIA children’s-product certification; keep both files.

Do toddler glasses straps need testing?

Straps and toggles are part of the product — include them.

CPC for children’s sunglasses

Which rules apply to children’s sunglasses

The testing and certification path

Questions people ask

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