CPSC's New Age Determination Guidelines: How Do They Affect Your Products?

Recorded On: 07/01/2020

In January of 2020, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published the 2020 Age Determination Guidelines: Relating Consumer Product Characteristics to the Skills, Play Behaviors, and Interests of Children.

These guidelines provide age-grading information for a variety of consumer products used by children based on the skills, play behaviors and interests of children in particular age groups. This enables manufacturers to more accurately develop, label and promote consumer products for children.

These new CPSC guidelines became effective on June 1, 2020 and supersede the 2002 Age Determination Guidelines. Of note, the scope of these guidelines has expanded beyond toys into a variety of consumer products that may be used by children.

In this webinar, you will learn about:

· The differences between the 2002 and 2020 guidelines

· How these differences may affect your products

· What these differences mean for retailers

Susan DeRagon

QIMA.com

susan.deragon@qima.com

info@qima.com

Susan DeRagon is a Senior Technical Consultant at QIMA. With over 30 years of experience, she is a leading quality and safety expert on various consumer products including children’s products, apparel, food contact items and understands the unique challenges of promotional and licensed goods. Susan has conducted numerous technical seminars and webinars globally and works closely with companies to provide the highest level of quality service in the areas of regulatory compliance, product testing, safety assessments, production quality control and assurance, and product inspections.

Ms. DeRagon is an active member of The Toy Association and ASTM International, participating on several consumer product standards committees. She is also a member of PPAI’s Product Responsibility Action Group (PRAG) and a previous member of the Board of Directors for ICPHSO, the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization.

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