| The required certificates, whether general compliance certificates or certificates for children's products based on third - party testing, must be in English and can also be in another language. The certificate content must include the names of the product manufacturer or private - brand owner and the testing laboratory, as well as the dates and locations of product manufacturing and testing. |
| Products without the required certificates cannot be imported or wholesaled into the US market. Each product or batch of imported products must be accompanied by a certificate and presented upon the request of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and US Customs. If a certificate cannot be provided or a false certificate is provided, the manufacturer or private - brand owner may face civil or criminal penalties. |
| *The procedure was published in the Federal Register on September 22, 2008. Federal Register, Volume 73, Issue 54, Pages 564 - 566 |
