What Is a CPSC Certification Body? (2026 Guide: CB vs Testing Lab vs Third Party)

TL;DR

In the CPSC context a certification body (CB) is a testing laboratory that has been formally accepted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 CFR Part 1112 to perform Section 14 mandatory third-party testing on children products.
Every CPSC-accepted CB is a testing laboratory, but not every testing laboratory is a CPSC-accepted CB; the operative distinction is CPSC acceptance for the specific rule tested (16 CFR 1303, 16 CFR 1307, ASTM F963, etc.).
Third party is the broadest term, referring to any organization other than the manufacturer or importer; testing lab and certification body are progressively narrower operational and statutory roles inside that broad third-party category.
CPSC acceptance requires the laboratory to first hold ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation from an ILAC-MRA-signatory accreditation body (A2LA, ANAB, IAS in the US), then submit CPSC Form 223 for scope-specific acceptance.
The authoritative CPSC Accepted Laboratories database lives at cpsc.gov and should be checked against the specific rule tested before commissioning any Section 14 test.
Since July 8 2026 the CPSC eFiling regime requires the CB name, CPSC acceptance identifier, and test report reference to be transmitted through the ACE PGA Message Set on every entry filing for a regulated children product.

What a CPSC certification body actually is (statutory definition)

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) amended Section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA, 15 U.S.C. Section 2063) to require that every children product manufactured or imported into the U.S. be tested by an accredited third-party conformity assessment body before it can be certified as compliant with the applicable consumer product safety rules. The statute delegates the operational rules for accepting third-party conformity assessment bodies to CPSC, which implemented the framework at 16 CFR Part 1112 (Requirements Pertaining to Third Party Conformity Assessment Bodies), with the initial accreditation and acceptance requirements published in the Federal Register in 2009 and updated multiple times since (most recently the 2023 firewalled-laboratory clarifications).

Under 16 CFR Section 1112.11, a third-party conformity assessment body means a laboratory that provides third-party testing services under Section 14 of the CPSA, has been accredited by an ILAC-MRA-signatory accreditation body to ISO/IEC 17025 for the relevant scope, and has been accepted by CPSC through the acceptance process at 16 CFR Section 1112.19. In industry usage the terms third-party conformity assessment body, CPSC-accepted laboratory, third-party testing laboratory, and certification body are all commonly applied to the same operational role, though the statute uses third-party conformity assessment body as its formal terminology. The abbreviation CB is common industry shorthand borrowed from the electrical-safety and medical-device world, where CB (Certification Body) is the ISO/IEC 17065 formal role; in the CPSC context CB is not a technically precise statutory term but is widely understood to mean CPSC-accepted third-party testing laboratory.

The statutory role of the CB is narrow and specific: it performs standardized tests on samples of the children product against the applicable consumer product safety rules and issues a test report. The manufacturer or importer uses that test report to prepare and issue a Children Product Certificate (CPC) under CPSA Section 14(g) and 16 CFR Part 1110. The CB does not issue the CPC itself; the CPC is a manufacturer or importer certification that relies on the CB test report. This division of responsibilities distinguishes the CPSC framework from other conformity assessment regimes (electrical safety, medical devices) where a certification body issues the certificate directly. In the CPSC framework, the CB tests, the manufacturer or importer certifies.

CB vs testing lab vs third party: the comparison table

Role	Definition	CPSC relevance
Third party (broadest)	Any organization that is neither the manufacturer nor the importer of the product.	Includes auditors, inspectors, consultants, testing labs, and certifiers. Only testing labs accepted under 16 CFR Part 1112 qualify for Section 14 mandatory testing.
Testing laboratory (operational)	An organization equipped to perform standardized physical, chemical, mechanical, or flammability tests and issue test reports.	Must be ISO/IEC 17025 accredited AND CPSC-accepted for the specific rule tested to produce a Section 14 valid test report.
Certification body (statutory)	In CPSC context: a testing laboratory formally accepted by CPSC under 16 CFR Part 1112 for a specific scope of tests.	The specific role authorized to produce test reports supporting a Children Product Certificate under CPSA Section 14(g).
Accreditation body (upstream)	An organization that assesses testing labs against ISO/IEC 17025 (or product certifiers against ISO/IEC 17065) and issues accreditation. In the US: A2LA, ANAB, IAS.	Prerequisite to CPSC acceptance. The accreditation-body scope statement is submitted with CPSC Form 223.
ILAC (top of the chain)	International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation, the international network of accreditation bodies mutually recognizing each other under the ILAC MRA.	CPSC accepts accreditation from any ILAC-MRA signatory accreditation body, which is why a China-based ILAC-MRA-accredited lab can be CPSC-accepted without duplicate US accreditation.

The most common source of confusion in this table is the overlap between testing laboratory and certification body. An importer commissioning a lead-paint test on a children product will typically request the test from a CPSC-accepted lab (e.g., Bureau Veritas Buffalo NY, SGS Fairfield NJ, Intertek Arlington Heights IL) that operates simultaneously as a general commercial testing laboratory and as a CPSC-accepted CB for the specific 16 CFR 1303 rule. The lab issues a test report that will be usable for CPSC Section 14 purposes because the lab holds CPSC acceptance for 16 CFR 1303. The same lab could not use that same test report for a rule the lab is not CPSC-accepted for (say 16 CFR 1307 phthalates, if that rule is not in the lab accepted scope), even though the lab is technically capable of running phthalate testing under its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation.

ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation as the prerequisite

ISO/IEC 17025 is the international standard for the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, published by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission. The current edition is ISO/IEC 17025:2017, published November 2017 as a substantial revision of the 2005 edition. The standard covers laboratory management systems, technical competence, staff qualifications, equipment calibration, sampling procedures, test methods, measurement uncertainty, and reporting requirements. A laboratory that is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 has been assessed by an accreditation body against every clause of the standard and found compliant for the specific scope of testing granted.

In the U.S., three accreditation bodies dominate ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for CPSC-relevant labs: the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB), and the International Accreditation Service (IAS). All three are signatories to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement, which means their accreditations are recognized by every other ILAC-MRA signatory globally. This recognition is why a Chinese ILAC-MRA-accredited lab can be CPSC-accepted without holding a separate U.S. accreditation; CPSC accepts the ILAC-MRA-signatory accreditation as satisfying the ISO/IEC 17025 prerequisite at 16 CFR Section 1112.13.

Loss or lapse of ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is a serious failure mode for a CPSC-accepted lab because CPSC acceptance is contingent on continued ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Under 16 CFR Section 1112.27 CPSC can suspend or withdraw acceptance if the underlying accreditation is suspended or withdrawn. Test reports issued during a lapse period may be invalid for their stated CPSC purpose, which is why commissioning importers should verify current accreditation status through the accreditation-body public directory (A2LA at a2la.org, ANAB at anab.ansi.org, IAS at iasonline.org) before relying on a lab test report for a CPC.

The three categories of accepted laboratories under 16 CFR 1112

CPSC 16 CFR Part 1112 subpart C recognizes three formally distinct categories of accepted third-party conformity assessment bodies, each with its own additional documentation requirements and its own ongoing conflict-of-interest disclosure obligations.

Category 1: Independent third-party laboratories. Commercial testing labs that have no ownership, control, or affiliation with any manufacturer or importer whose product is being tested. This category includes the large multi-national testing organizations that dominate CPSC testing volume (Bureau Veritas, SGS, Intertek, UL Solutions, TUV Rheinland, TUV SUD, QIMA, Eurofins, Element) and hundreds of smaller specialty labs. Independence is the default assumption for a laboratory applying for CPSC acceptance; the acceptance process at 16 CFR Section 1112.19 assumes independent status unless the laboratory declares firewalled or governmental status.

Category 2: Firewalled testing laboratories. Labs owned by or affiliated with the manufacturer or importer of the product being tested, but operated with organizational and procedural firewalls documented under 16 CFR Section 1112.13 that isolate the testing function from commercial influence. Firewalled acceptance requires the manufacturer or importer to submit additional documentation demonstrating the firewall (organization chart showing separation of lab management from product management, procedures preventing product-line pressure on test results, disclosure of the affiliation on every test report). Firewalled labs commonly exist at large brand owners with in-house testing capabilities. The firewalled status is not a lower quality tier; it is an acknowledged conflict of interest structurally managed through documented procedures.

Category 3: Governmental laboratories. Labs owned or operated by a government (federal, state, foreign national) that meet 16 CFR Section 1112.15 requirements. Common examples include foreign national testing bureaus and U.S. federal labs operated under the National Institute of Standards and Technology or similar agencies. Governmental acceptance requires additional documentation of the governmental status and the applicable conflict-of-interest procedures.

All three categories are equally valid for Section 14 testing purposes when properly accepted. The categorization affects application documentation and ongoing disclosure requirements, not the acceptability of the resulting test reports.

How a lab becomes CPSC-accepted (the CPSC Form 223 process)

The formal acceptance process at 16 CFR Section 1112.19 runs in seven steps that a laboratory typically completes over six to eighteen months. Step one, the laboratory obtains ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from an ILAC-MRA-signatory accreditation body for the specific scope of testing (16 CFR sections and ASTM standards) the laboratory intends to be accepted for. Step two, the laboratory prepares the CPSC acceptance application on CPSC Form 223 (Application for Acceptance as a Third Party Conformity Assessment Body). Step three, the laboratory submits Form 223 through the CPSC portal with the accreditation certificate, the accreditation-body scope statement, and any additional documentation required for firewalled or governmental status. Step four, CPSC staff review the application for completeness and technical adequacy, typically requesting additional information or clarification during the review period. Step five, CPSC issues an acceptance decision (grant, grant-with-conditions, or denial) with the specific accepted scope enumerated. Step six, the accepted laboratory is added to the public CPSC Accepted Laboratories database with a unique CPSC-issued laboratory identifier. Step seven, the accepted laboratory is subject to ongoing surveillance including re-accreditation cycles (typically two-year to five-year cycles depending on the accreditation body), adverse-event reporting under 16 CFR Section 1112.35, and targeted audits under 16 CFR Part 1112 subpart D.

Scope expansion (adding new 16 CFR rules or ASTM standards to an existing acceptance) follows the same process at reduced review scope. A laboratory that is already CPSC-accepted for 16 CFR 1303 lead paint and wants to add 16 CFR 1307 phthalates submits an additional Form 223 filing for the new scope, with the corresponding ISO/IEC 17025 scope-expansion accreditation from the same accreditation body.

The CPSC Accepted Laboratories database and how to verify scope

The authoritative CPSC Accepted Laboratories database lives at cpsc.gov under the Business & Manufacturing section, subsection Testing & Certification, subsection Third Party Testing, page Search CPSC-Accepted Laboratories. The database is publicly accessible without login and is searchable by laboratory name, city, country, and by the specific CPSC rule number. Every accepted laboratory entry displays the accepted scope of testing (the specific 16 CFR sections and ASTM standards the laboratory is accepted for), the laboratory street address and contact information, the CPSC-issued laboratory identifier, and the effective date of the acceptance.

The database is the operative source of truth for the specific question every importer needs to answer before commissioning a Section 14 test: is this lab CPSC-accepted for the specific rule that applies to my product? A three-step verification workflow: (1) identify the specific 16 CFR section that applies to the product (e.g., 16 CFR 1303 for lead in paint on a children toy, 16 CFR 1307 for phthalates in a soft plastic children toy, ASTM F963 for the general toy-safety scope, 16 CFR 1615 for children sleepwear flammability sizes 0-6X, 16 CFR 1616 for sizes 7-14), (2) search the database for the intended lab by name, (3) verify that the specific 16 CFR section or ASTM standard appears in the lab accepted scope. If the scope does not include the applicable rule, the test report from that lab is not valid for Section 14 purposes even if the lab is CPSC-accepted for other rules.

The database is refreshed by CPSC as acceptance decisions are made and as adverse events (suspension, withdrawal) trigger status changes. There is no formal API on the CPSC side, but the HTML search interface returns machine-readable structured results that automation tools (including EntryProof) can scrape for validation purposes. Compliance programs that ship dozens or hundreds of entries per week should not rely on manual database lookups per entry; automated validation against the current database state prevents the specific failure mode of a lab acceptance being suspended between the last manual lookup and the current filing.

How CB data flows into CPSC eFiling

The CPSC eFiling regime went live on July 8 2026 as the mandatory electronic filing framework for consumer product entries under CPSC jurisdiction. The regime operates through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) via the Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set for CPSC. Every entry of a regulated consumer product transmitted through ACE now includes a CPSC PGA record with structured data fields covering the product identification, the applicable CPSC rules, the responsible third-party testing laboratory, and the associated test report references.

The lab-related fields in the CPSC PGA record are the load-bearing integration surface. Each entry line for a Section 14 regulated product transmits the laboratory name, the CPSC-issued laboratory identifier, the test report reference number, the test report date, and the specific 16 CFR rule the test satisfied. CBP transmits the entry through ACE to CPSC systems, which validate the lab-related fields against the current CPSC Accepted Laboratories database in near real time. A lab ID that is not in the current accepted list, a lab ID that is accepted but not for the specific rule declared, or a lab whose acceptance has been suspended since the entry data was originally captured all produce a CPSC PGA validation failure that stops the entry at the port pending resolution.

The failure mode is operationally expensive because the entry is not merely rejected at filing time; the CPSC PGA validation may fail mid-import, and the shipment sits at the port under CBP hold accruing demurrage and detention charges until the importer or the licensed customs broker corrects the eFiling data and re-transmits. Prevention is much cheaper than recovery: validate the lab-related fields against the current CPSC Accepted Laboratories database before the eFiling is transmitted, and re-validate whenever a batch of entries has been queued for hours or days between capture and transmission.

How EntryProof integrates CB validation

EntryProof is a CPSC eFiling readiness product for U.S. importers of children products, priced at $79 to $199 per month depending on shipment volume. The product operates as a pre-transmission validation layer that reviews the CPSC PGA data an importer or their licensed customs broker is about to transmit through ACE, catches errors before the transmission, and returns a specific per-error remediation guidance report. The CB-validation surface is one of the six validation categories EntryProof covers (the others are product-identification completeness, HTS classification consistency with CPSC-flagged headings, CPC document existence and structural validity, importer identification, and consignee identification).

The CB validation flow: EntryProof receives the eFiling data (either via API from the importer trade management system, via CSV upload from the importer or broker, or via manual entry through the EntryProof web interface), extracts the laboratory name and CPSC-issued laboratory identifier from each entry line, queries the current CPSC Accepted Laboratories database, and validates that (a) the laboratory identifier exists in the current accepted list, (b) the laboratory is accepted for the specific 16 CFR rule declared on the entry line, and (c) the laboratory acceptance is not currently suspended or withdrawn. Each failure returns a specific remediation message (lab-not-in-database, lab-scope-mismatch, lab-suspended) that the importer or broker resolves before transmitting the eFiling.

EntryProof does not perform CPSC eFiling on behalf of the importer, and does not act as the importer or broker of record. Performing CPSC eFiling on behalf of an importer would fall inside the customs-brokerage licensing regime at 19 CFR Part 111, which requires a CBP-issued customs broker license that EntryProof does not hold and does not represent as holding. The product is scoped narrowly as pre-transmission data validation, in the same category as tax-return validation software rather than tax preparation itself. The eFiling transmission itself is performed by the importer directly (self-filing importers) or by the importer licensed customs broker (broker-filed importers), and the resulting CPSC PGA record is the importer legal responsibility under 19 CFR Part 141.

EntryProof is a data preparation and readiness-assessment tool for the CPSC Product Registry. EntryProof is NOT a customs broker, NOT a testing laboratory, and NOT a legal-advice service. Compliance decisions remain the responsibility of the importer. EntryProof does not guarantee that any classification, packet, or filing will be accepted by CPSC or CBP.

FAQ

What is a CPSC certification body?

A CPSC certification body, in the strict statutory sense used in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, is a third-party conformity assessment body that has been formally accepted by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to perform Section 14 mandatory third-party testing on children products. The governing framework is 15 U.S.C. Section 2063 (Certificates of Conformity) as amended by CPSIA, implemented by 16 CFR Part 1112 (Requirements Pertaining to Third Party Conformity Assessment Bodies), with related provisions at 16 CFR Part 1107 (Testing and Labeling Pertaining to Product Certification), 16 CFR Part 1109 (Conditions and Requirements for Relying on Component Part Testing or Certification), and 16 CFR Part 1110 (Certificates of Compliance). The plain-English translation is that a CPSC-accepted third-party conformity assessment body, commonly called a CPSC-accepted laboratory or CB in industry shorthand, is the specific type of independent third-party testing laboratory whose test reports are legally valid for satisfying the Section 14 mandatory testing requirement.

Is a CPSC certification body the same thing as a testing laboratory?

Sort of. In practice yes, in strict statutory language not quite. Every CPSC-accepted certification body is a testing laboratory, but not every testing laboratory is a CPSC-accepted certification body. A general commercial testing laboratory (Intertek doing a non-CPSC contract-testing job for an automotive customer, for example) is a testing laboratory but is not acting in a CPSC-accepted CB capacity for that specific test. The same organization can operate different scopes at the same time: Bureau Veritas, SGS, Intertek, and UL Solutions all run commercial testing services for a wide range of industries in addition to their CPSC-accepted scope for children product safety testing. What makes a specific test report valid for CPSIA Section 14 purposes is that the laboratory holds CPSC acceptance for the specific rule tested (16 CFR 1303 lead paint, 16 CFR 1307 phthalates, ASTM F963 toy safety, etc.), not merely that it is a competent testing laboratory in general. Industry commonly uses testing laboratory and certification body interchangeably in the CPSC context, but a careful compliance program tracks scope acceptance rule by rule to avoid the specific failure mode of commissioning a test at a lab that is not CPSC-accepted for the applicable rule.

Where is the official CPSC list of accepted certification bodies?

The authoritative source is the CPSC Accepted Laboratories database at cpsc.gov, under the Business & Manufacturing section, Testing & Certification, Third Party Testing, Search CPSC-Accepted Laboratories. The database is searchable by laboratory name, city, country, and by the specific CPSC rule number the laboratory is accepted to test. Every laboratory entry lists the accepted-scope-of-testing (the specific 16 CFR sections and ASTM standards the laboratory has been accepted for), the laboratory contact information, and the CPSC acceptance identifier. Any tester relying on a lab test report to support a Children Product Certificate (CPC) under Section 14(g) of the CPSA should verify on the database that the specific laboratory is accepted for the specific rule that was tested; mismatched scope invalidates the test report for its stated purpose regardless of technical test quality.

What is the difference between a certification body, a testing lab, and a third party more broadly?

These three terms describe overlapping but not identical roles across the compliance ecosystem. Third party is the broadest term: any organization that is neither the manufacturer nor the importer of the product, including auditors, inspectors, testing laboratories, consultants, and certifying bodies. Testing laboratory is a narrower operational role: an organization equipped to perform standardized physical, chemical, mechanical, or flammability tests on product samples and produce a test report. Certification body is a still narrower statutory role: a testing laboratory that has been formally accredited (typically to ISO/IEC 17025 for testing labs, or ISO/IEC 17065 for product certifiers) and, in the CPSC context, additionally accepted by CPSC under 16 CFR Part 1112 for a specific scope. In the CPSC context, the phrase certification body is used somewhat loosely to mean CPSC-accepted third-party testing laboratory, because the operative regulatory concept is Section 14 mandatory third-party testing performed by an accepted lab. In other compliance regimes (electrical safety under UL 60950, medical device certification under ISO 13485), certification body has a distinct technical meaning under ISO/IEC 17065 that is not directly analogous to the CPSC framework.

What is ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and why does it matter to CPSC acceptance?

ISO/IEC 17025 is the international standard for the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission, with the current edition being ISO/IEC 17025:2017. A testing laboratory that is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 has demonstrated to an ILAC-signatory accreditation body (in the U.S., that means A2LA, ANAB, or IAS) that its management system, technical competence, staff qualifications, equipment calibration, and test methods meet the international standard for laboratory operations. The connection to CPSC acceptance is prerequisite: 16 CFR Part 1112 requires that any laboratory applying for CPSC acceptance must first hold ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from an ILAC-signatory accreditation body for the scope of testing being applied for. Only after the laboratory is ISO/IEC 17025 accredited for a scope can it submit CPSC Form 223 to request CPSC acceptance for that same scope. A test report from a laboratory that lost or lapsed its ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is invalid for CPSC purposes even if the underlying lab work was technically correct.

How does a testing lab become CPSC-accepted?

A laboratory becomes CPSC-accepted through a formal two-step process at 16 CFR Part 1112. Step one, the laboratory obtains ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from an accreditation body that is a signatory to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA), for the specific scope of testing (specific 16 CFR sections and ASTM standards) the laboratory intends to be accepted for. Step two, the laboratory submits CPSC Form 223 (Application for Acceptance as a Third Party Conformity Assessment Body) through the CPSC portal, including the accreditation certificate, the accreditation-body scope statement, the laboratory contact information, and any additional documentation CPSC requires for firewalled, governmental, or affiliated labs. CPSC reviews the application, may request additional documentation or clarification, and issues an acceptance decision. Accepted labs are added to the public CPSC Accepted Laboratories database and are subject to ongoing surveillance (re-accreditation cycles, adverse-event reporting, targeted audits under 16 CFR Part 1112 subpart D). Laboratory acceptance is scope-specific, so the same laboratory may hold acceptance for lead-paint testing and small-parts testing but not for phthalates testing, and would need to submit additional Form 223 filings to expand its accepted scope.

Which types of laboratories are recognized under 16 CFR Part 1112?

CPSC 16 CFR Part 1112 recognizes three categories of laboratories, each with different applicability and additional requirements. First, independent third-party laboratories are commercial testing labs that have no affiliation with any manufacturer or importer whose product is being tested; these are the majority of CPSC-accepted labs (Bureau Veritas, SGS, Intertek, UL, TUV, QIMA, Eurofins, Element and hundreds of smaller specialty labs). Second, firewalled testing laboratories are labs owned by or affiliated with the manufacturer or importer of the product being tested, but operated with organizational and procedural firewalls documented under 16 CFR Section 1112.13 that isolate the testing function from commercial influence; large brand-owner-operated in-house labs commonly qualify. Third, governmental laboratories are labs owned or operated by a government (federal, state, foreign national) that meet 16 CFR Section 1112.15 requirements. The three categories are all valid for Section 14 testing purposes when properly accepted; the categorization affects the documentation requirements at acceptance time and the ongoing conflict-of-interest disclosures, not the acceptability of the test reports themselves.

How does EntryProof integrate with certification body data at the eFiling layer?

EntryProof is a CPSC eFiling readiness product priced at $79 to $199 per month, designed for the mandatory CPSC eFiling regime that went live on July 8 2026 under the ACE Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set for CPSC. The CPSC eFiling record requires the importer or their broker to transmit specific fields about the third-party laboratory whose test report supports the entered children product certificate: the laboratory name, the CPSC acceptance identifier (the CPSC-issued lab ID), the test report reference number, the test date, and the specific CPSC rule tested. EntryProof pre-validates these fields against the current CPSC Accepted Laboratories database before the entry data is transmitted through CBP ACE to CPSC, catching the specific failure mode of a lab ID that is not accepted for the specific rule declared or a lab whose acceptance has been suspended or withdrawn since the last time the importer used it. The integration does not perform CPSC eFiling on the importer behalf (which would fall inside the customs-brokerage licensing regime at 19 CFR Part 111) but rather validates the data the importer or the licensed broker is about to file, in the same category as spell-check for tax returns rather than tax preparation itself.

References and primary sources

15 U.S.C. Section 2063 — Certificates of Conformity (CPSA Section 14, as amended by CPSIA 2008).
16 CFR Part 1112 — Requirements Pertaining to Third Party Conformity Assessment Bodies (eCFR).
16 CFR Part 1107 — Testing and Labeling Pertaining to Product Certification (eCFR).
16 CFR Part 1109 — Conditions and Requirements for Relying on Component Part Testing or Certification (eCFR).
16 CFR Part 1110 — Certificates of Compliance (eCFR).
CPSC.gov — Search CPSC-Accepted Laboratories (authoritative database).
CPSC.gov — Third Party Testing overview.
CPSC.gov — CPSC eFiling (mandatory July 8 2026).
CPSC Form 223 — Application for Acceptance as a Third Party Conformity Assessment Body (PDF).
ISO — ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories).
ILAC — ILAC MRA signatory search (accreditation bodies globally).
A2LA — American Association for Laboratory Accreditation.
ANAB — ANSI National Accreditation Board.
IAS — International Accreditation Service.
EntryProof — EntryProof CPSC eFiling readiness product.
Related reading — CPSC-Accepted Testing Labs 2026 (full list + cost ranges).
Related reading — Best CPSC eFiling tools 2026 comparison.

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