CPC for wooden building blocks

Wooden building blocks 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 toy standard, lead, and small-parts 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 wooden building blocks The testing and certification path

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Which rules apply to wooden building blocks

Wooden blocks for children need toy mechanical testing, finish/lead screening, and small-parts assessment by age grade.
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

Finish chemistry, splinter/structural edges, and set uniformity when many shapes ship together.

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.

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Are unfinished blocks exempt from lead testing?

Uncoated wood is lower risk, but inks, paints, oils, and brand stamps are screened. Confirm with the lab.

Do alphabet blocks need extra review?

Printed faces add coating lead risk per color.

CPC for wooden building blocks

Which rules apply to wooden building blocks

The testing and certification path

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