A laboratory result and a certificate should not be treated as interchangeable files. Their roles and responsible parties matter in a United States children's-product review.
CPSC explains that domestic manufacturers and importers issue CPCs based on applicable supporting evidence, including required testing by CPSC-accepted laboratories. CPSC — Children’s Product Certificate.
Identify the responsible document
Ask which document is being supplied, who issued it and which product and rules it covers. Do not describe a laboratory as issuing a manufacturer's or importer's CPC simply because it performed testing. Review the actual evidence rather than relying on a file name.
Check current submission obligations
CPSC's current page also directs importers to its eFiling guidance. Review that official guidance for the actual import scenario instead of assuming that retaining a PDF settles every submission requirement.
This distinction concerns the applicable United States framework. It is not a statement that every plush item requires the same tests or that any PLUSHIP product has been certified.
Source reviewed 25 October 2026. Practical interpretation and original illustrations by PLUSHIP / Qunhe; examples are illustrative.
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