Certificate of Conformity? what ? need advise

[southpawstudios]

i was just asked from one of my galleries that carries my work to provide a certificate of conformity for this new cpsia stuff, i really dont know what she is talking about and am not going to do testing, as i am sure it would cost a fortune, she bought it wholesale, it is her product. i really dont know what to do.
i thought since i did not market children's jewelry, that i was ok, but am i?

can i just provide her with little labels to add to all her jewelry that states my products intended use, i read something about that....
"not intended for children 12 years or younger"

and some of the pieces she did buy do have swarovski crystals on them, so yes they do have lead, but again i dont market to children and do not expect a grown adult to ingest jewelry, so i thought that this would not apply to me.

ugg!

any suggests or help would be greatly appreciate,
and please dont mind my rambling or typos, just trying to figure this all out, and trying to buy and sell a house and preggers with our second child, so my head is about to fall off, again any help would be great.
cheers!
-Katy

[southpawstudios]

Here is where i read about the statement of intended use, scrool to question # 3
http://www.cpsc.gov/ABOUT/Cpsia/smbus/cpsiasbguide.pdf

[Former_Member]

All I can say is perhaps the gallery falls into one of these scenarios:
1) The gallery is in a state that requires lead disclosures beyond what the CPSISA does, California's lead in products laws covers everything including adult items to be labeled if they contain lead of any amount, Illinois was in the process of inacting something similar, and at least 3 other states where considering at least a lead warning be printed on the packing of products.
2) The owner does perceive the pieces to have more to appeal to a parent purchasing the item for a child than an adult purchasing for another adult. Which satisfies 1/3 of the governments definition of a childs's product.
3) The owner will actively be marketing the items in the gallery including yours as appropriate for children.
4) The owner just wants to cover her backside if there are every changes to the law to include adult items beyond ones with paint.

There are many types of GCCs and COCs and are used for more than just the CPSIA. A GCC is like an affidavid from the manufacture stating they have followed a specific set of regulations, either governmental or an industrial standard,certain circumstance like the CPSIA they are required in others they are sort of like a bragging rights like adhereing to GIA standards in jewelry making. A COC is more like an explanation of why or why not certain tests or regulations where adhered to. Like with Dritz stating no testing is required on many of their products because the raw items themselves are not for use by a child. So to fill out whatever certification the gallery owner wants first you will have to ask what the certification is for specifically.

[SouthPawBeads]

thank you jewelrydesignsbyME!
very helpful