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CPC for nursing covers

Nursing covers 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, flammability, 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 nursing covers

  • Nursing covers used around infants need lead screening on fabrics/prints and flammability review of the textile, plus hardware checks on neck straps.
  • 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

Fabric flammability, dye/print lead, strap adjusters, and clear non-sleep positioning in marketing.

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 nursing covers infant sleep products?

No — market for nursing privacy only. Never imply unsupervised infant sleep use.

Do stretchy covers test differently?

Knit vs woven fabrics change flammability behavior — test the exact textile.

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