Consumer Product Compliance Issues
Product Responsibility
PROPOSITION 65
Your Need: California Proposition 65 requires labeling on your product and disclosures to any retailer that may carry your product if certain chemicals are released from your product. Some of these chemicals are found in commonly used materials in consumer products. Proposition 65 is the single most enforced consumer product chemical content law.
Our Solution: BRS will help you evaluate the materials in your product and help you understand the risks and help navigate compliance procedures of retailers.
JUVENILE PRODUCTS AND CPSIA
Your Need: Toys and children’s products are heavily regulated in the USA, Canada and Europe. Each have different testing, labeling, certification, record keeping and training requirements.
Our Solution: We have training, management, and record keeping solutions that meet the requirements of CPSIA. BRS will help you understand all the obligations and help your company stay compliant. BRS has strategies to help you minimize testing costs for CPSIA compliance.
State Hazardous Chemical Reporting Laws - Washington, Oregon, Vermont
Your Need: Even federally compliant toys and children’s products can contain chemicals that must be reported based on the sales in that state. You are responsible for knowing what chemicals are in your product and reporting the use of certain chemicals.
Our Solution: We can help you understand the risks of potential chemicals in your products. Help you determine if reporting is required in your case and assist with testing and reporting if needed.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAMS
Your Need: Supply chain is a complicated interlocking puzzle that requires constant vigilance. Retail and licensing partners need assurance and documentation that your products are manufactured in a free and fair manufacturing site. Child labor, unfair wages and unsafe working conditions are not always obvious, and audits and documentation provide the assurance to you and your customers that products were manufactured in a free and fair way.
Our Solution: BRS will help to get you the assurance you and your customers need.
Regional Regulations
European Union
Your Need: The EU is a collection of 29 countries and selling into the EU means satisfying 29 different regulators for your products.
Our Solution: BRS will help you understand and navigate how the rules in the EU differ from the USA and how that will affect your products as you expand into the EU.
CANADA
Your Need: Selling in Canada is not exactly the same as selling in the US. While the two countries work hard to make cross border commerce as easy as possible, children’s products, chemical products and radio products all have real differences in regulations and retailer/importer obligations.
Our Solution: We will help you understand these differences and help you navigate these obligations.
AUSTRALIA
Your Need: Thinking of selling in Australia?
Our Solution: BRS will help you understand the requirements to bring your products to market down under. We can review your product and packaging and let you know which Australian requirements mirror US and EU requirements.
Fractional Services
TESTING, DOCUMENTATION & CERTIFICATION
Your Need: Have a small team?
Our Solution: We will work with a test lab on your behalf to define and arrange documentation (declarations, policies, procedures) that you need to sell your products. We can help to manage testing through CPSIA and EU accredited testing labs. We demystify lab test reports and keep track of expiration dates.
TRAINING FOR YOUR STAFF
Your Need: Compliance is always changing as new laws and regulations are put in place. Ensure your staff is up-to-date with regular training.
Our Solution: We provide web based and in person training about regulations. We can prepare custom training for policies and procedures as required by CPSIA.
PRODUCT AND LABELING REVIEW
Your Need: If you don’t have a compliance expert on your team, let us take on that role.
Our Solution: We will review your products based on markets of distribution and let you know what laws, rules, bans and standards apply to your product.