Gear, tools and housewares for adults

CPSC, 3 min read

This lesson is a guide published by CPSC.

Read the guide

What you'll get

For gear, tools and housewares made for adults: this two-page CPSC reference sheet says a general-use product covered by a federal safety rule needs a General Certificate of Conformity based on testing or a reasonable testing program, with no CPSC-accepted lab and no tracking label required, which sets it apart from children's products. It also lists the duty every maker has to report a hazardous defect or certain incidents to CPSC, even for a product no safety rule covers, so read it once before your first sale to learn the system and where to find each rule.

Do this week

Run CPSC's free Regulatory Robot once for each product you plan to sell, and save the list of rules it returns with your product notes.