Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - 16 C.F.R.

Part 1303-Lead Paint Ban, Part 1303 -section 101(a)(2)-Children’s Metal Jewelry, Part 1508-Full-Sized Cribs, Part 1509-Non-Full-Sized Cribs, Part 1511-Pacifiers

Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA) is now accepting applications for accreditation to meet the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Requirements.

PJLA has added the various requirements outlined in the CPSC 16 C.F.R. to our current ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation program. Laboratories testing children’s products to these 16 C.F.R. requirements must be ISO/IEC17025: 2005 accredited by a MRA Signatory of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), such as PJLA.

PJLA is committed to assisting all laboratories meet this new accreditation mandate. PJLA offers a dedicated team of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 professionals who are technically competent and dedicated to providing the best accreditation experience possible.

Laboratories seeking accreditation to meet the CPSC requirements should complete an application for accreditation. Laboratories that currently have an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation can update their status to satisfy these new requirements.

Please submit all applications by email to: pjlabs@pjlabs.com.

If you have any questions in regards to accreditation, please contact Tracy Szerszen, President/Operations Manager at tszerszen@pjlabs.com or (877) 369-LABS (5227).

For further information in regards to accreditation timelines and certificate registration, please feel free to visit the CPSC website at: http://www.cpsc.gov/ABOUT/Cpsia/cpsia.HTML#timetable