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CPSC Seizes 650,000 Unsafe Imported Products at U.S. Ports

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on April 5th that nearly 650,000 imported products destined for stores in the first quarter of 2012 were seized by investigators at U.S. ports of entry.

Working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the CPSC identified the non-complying products between October 1 and December 31 of last year. The goods were found to be “in violation of U.S. safety rules or found to be unsafe,” stated the CPSC in a press release.

More than 2,900 shipments from abroad were screened with use and abuse testing or an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer; 647,000 units of approximately 240 different products – from children’s products and toys to hair dryers and lamps – were discovered to be in violation of federally-mandated consumer product safety laws.

For exported product to USA, LEO-MTS can offer testing of children products, children toys and childcare article safety standards, Leo - MTS has been authorized by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that the CPSC identification number: 1331. And the accepted scope as below:
16 CFR Part 1303, Lead Paint
16 CFR Part 1303 (CPSC–CH–E1003–09 or CPSC–CH–E1003–09.1), Lead Paint Regulation
16 CFR Part 1303 (ASTM F2853-10), Lead Paint Regulation
16 CFR Part 1501, Small Parts Regulation
16 CFR Part 1510, Rattles
CPSC-CH-C1001-09.3 and/or GB/T 22048-2008, Determination of Phthalates
CPSC-CH-E1001-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.1, Lead in Children's Metal Jewelry
CPSC-CH-E1001-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1001-08.1, Lead in Children's Metal Products
CPSC-CH-E1002-08 and/or CPSC-CH-E1002-08.1, Lead in Non-Metal Children's Products

For Detail information of Harmful/Violative Products CPSC Stopped, please refer to below website:

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12142.html