TCMS specializes in guiding you through the intricate requirements of children’s product and toy testing across various product types to meet multiple regulatory standards. We can help you identify an approved testing lab near your manufacturing location and facilitate seamless communication between you, your factory, and the lab. Whether it’s as simple as a wooden train whistle or as complicated as a sparkly-slime, TCMS can help you make sure your product meets the certification and regulatory requirements of your target market.
Warnings, ingredient lists, and product claims are critical aspects of regulatory compliance for children’s products. TCMS offers thorough reviews of your packaging and labeling to ensure all necessary information is accurately displayed in the correct locations. Additionally, we verify that all required documentation to support your claims is complete and readily available, helping you meet regulatory standards with confidence.
During product design, conducting a comprehensive review to identify potential hazards and evaluate risks is essential. This process involves assessing physical and mechanical hazards, such as small parts, batteries, or sharp points, as well as chemical hazards associated with the materials used. Our expertise can help you thoroughly review your products for risks and hazards, providing the confidence to move forward into production with peace of mind.
Assigning an age grade to your product demands careful consideration and expert insight into how children may interact with it. From cognitive development to physical dexterity, proper age grading is crucial for determining compliance requirements and minimizing risks. Let TCMS help you establish the right age grade and category for your product, ensuring accurate testing and effective marketing.
Audits and inspections are proactive steps to safeguard your business, customers, and reputation. Whether it’s a supply chain or ethical audit, or a production-line inspection and sampling program, these measures strengthen trust in your brand and expand market access.
Let TCMS help you coordinate the right audit for your suppliers or implement an inspection and sample collection process to demonstrate true due diligence for your products.
Many retailers, particularly chain and big-box stores, have compliance programs that exceed regulatory requirements. Meeting the legal standards alone is not enough to ensure your product will be accepted. Often, you must traverse through layers of inspections, audits, and specialized testing protocols at their laboratories before your product can reach the shelves. Let TCMS guide you through these complexities, managing documentation and ensuring compliance every step of the way.
If you have ongoing manufacturing or multiple products that need to remain consistently compliant, regardless of the factory or testing lab, a custom compliance program could be ideal for you. We can develop a Restricted Substances List and a Testing Protocol to clearly communicate your requirements to manufacturers and ensure that any laboratory tests your products according to your specifications.
Ongoing market and surveillance monitoring is essential for ensuring product safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. We offer comprehensive support by monitoring consumer feedback against on-hand inventory, coordinating inspections, collaborating with suppliers, and creating Corrective Action Plans to improve product quality and customer loyalty.
From reducing plastics in packaging to meeting Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements, environmental legislation and sustainability initiatives are essential considerations for all producers. TCMS can help you through microplastics bans, FSC programs and audits, help eliminate single-use plastics in your packaging and ensure labeling and claims complies with market-specific laws.
If a recall becomes necessary, your first call should be to a lawyer. But managing the reporting, communication, and documentation requirements is just as critical. We can handle and streamline communications between you, the CPSC, and your customers. From the initial notifications to final product disposal, TCMS ensures every detail is managed with care and precision.
