Overview

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has instantly stripped accreditation from four Chinese testing laboratories after uncovering falsified reports, hidden relocations, and repeated safety‑testing failures. The move directly threatens Amazon sellers who rely on certificates from those labs for toys, children’s furniture, electronics and other regulated items, because those certificates are now considered invalid for U.S. import and marketplace compliance.

Key Points

• Four labs de‑accredited — GTT Co. (Lab 1843), Lab 1755, Lab 1857, and HUAK Co. (Lab 1710) lost CPSC recognition after serious violations were documented.
• Certificates nullified — All Children’s Product Certificates (CPC) and General Certificates of Conformity (GCC) issued by the four labs are no longer valid for products that require mandatory third‑party testing.
• Immediate risk to listings — Amazon listings that depend solely on those certificates may be removed, detained at customs, or become subject to recall actions.
• Broader enforcement trend — CPSC announced a series of more frequent audits, surprise inspections, and cross‑border data sharing aimed at labs in regions with historically low compliance rates.
• Seller‑level responsibility — Compliance is now an ongoing obligation; a lab’s status can change overnight, so sellers must continuously verify testing partners.

What’s Changing

1. Accreditation withdrawal — CPSC formally rescinded the approved‑lab status of the four facilities, meaning any test report they issued after the effective date is treated as non‑existent for regulatory purposes. Example: A toy importer who received a CPC from GTT on March 15 2024 now lacks a legally recognized certificate.
2. Invalidation of existing certificates — All CPCs and GCCs that list any of the four labs as the testing source are automatically deemed invalid, regardless of when the test was performed. Example: A children’s chair certified by HUAK in January 2024 must be retested before it can be shipped again.