Il Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) è una legge del Governo degli Stati Uniti che limita i livelli di materiali pericolosi nei prodotti importati o prodotti all'interno degli USA, soprattutto quelli destinati ai bambini.
Conformità CPSIA
Il Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act del 2008 (CPSIA) ha imposto requisiti d'analisi e nuovi livelli di accettabilità per numerose sostanze comuni nella maggior parte di prodotti di largo consumo, soprattutto quelli progettati per i bambini di età compresa tra 0 e 12 anni.
La normativa CPSIA impone soprattutto:
Limiti rigorosi alla presenza di ftalati (sostanze chimiche utilizzate per ammorbidire la plastica) nei giocattoli per bambini
Limiti rigorosi alla presenza di piombo nei prodotti per bambini (90 ppm nella vernice e in altri rivestimenti superficiali, 300 ppm nei substrati; da ridurre a 100 ppm entro l'agosto 2011).
Analisi obbligatorie di terze parti che debbono essere eseguite da laboratori accreditati, specificamente per la ricerca della presenza di piombo (nella vernice e nei gioielli metallici) e, in generale, su culle, succhiotti, piccole parti, biciclette, caschi da bicicletta, sonaglini, letti a castello, ecc. con altri articoli in arrivo.
Tutte le analisi chimiche eseguite da terze parti debbono essere integrate all'interno di un piano di analisi ragionevole. QIMA può aiutarti a determinare quanti campioni dovrebbero essere analizzati perché il piano di analisi possa essere considerato "ragionevole".
Associazioni e consumatori stanno manifestando sempre più spesso a favore dell'eliminazione o della limitazione delle sostanze chimiche utilizzate nell'ambito di tutti i settori industriali, come quella della Cosmesi, dell'Automobile, della Moda, della Gioielleria, dell'Arredamento, dei Giocattoli, ecc.
Analisi CPSIA
L'Analisi di Laboratorio con la piattaforma online di QIMA ti consente di integrare la tua analisi CPSIA durante la tua ispezione di prodotto. Assicurati che il campione provenga dalla tua produzione, e non sia un campione che la fabbrica vorrebbe che tu analizzassi, e garantisci che la tua produzione sia conforme al CPSIA.
Riceverai un rapporto dettagliato con il quale ti viene comunicato se il tuo prodotto ha superato o meno il test di conformità CPSIA.
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