Is Your Testing Lab Still CPSC-Accepted? Four Labs Lost Acceptance in January 2026

On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) withdrew its acceptance of four China-based testing laboratories, effective immediately. The agency's stated basis: continued reliance on these labs "posed an imminent risk of serious injury or death." If a Children's Product Certificate (CPC) in your files rests on a report from one of them, that certificate stopped working that day.

Here is what happened, what CPSC said it means for certificates, and — the part that stays useful after the news fades — how to check your own lab today.

CPSC publicly named the four laboratories and the reasons for each withdrawal:

CPSC's words: certifications from these labs "are no longer accepted by CPSC. Companies relying on reports from these laboratories must obtain new testing and certification from properly accredited laboratories before importing or selling regulated products in the United States."

No grace period was announced. The withdrawal took effect immediately, and CPSC stated in this action that existing certifications were no longer accepted — not just future tests. If any of your CPCs trace back to these four labs, the path forward is new testing at a properly accredited, CPSC-accepted lab. Our step-by-step report verification guide walks through the full workflow, including how to vet the replacement lab.

In early 2024, CPSC permanently withdrew two labs: Shenzhen LCS Compliance Testing Laboratory Ltd. (ID 1606), after an investigation whose evidence included a Chinese government penalty for issuing false test reports, and Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp. (Dongguan) (ID 1415), where roughly 690 test reports over about a decade fraudulently carried another lab's address and emblem. Final Notices issued in March and April 2024.

And scrutiny keeps rising: in May 2026, CPSC launched a national crackdown along with a public request-for-information on counterfeit certification marks and falsified testing schemes. The direction of travel is more scrutiny of testing integrity, not less.

• The authority is section 14 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(e)), implemented through 16 CFR Part 1112 Subpart D.
• Immediate withdrawal (16 CFR 1112.53) is available where test integrity is compromised and noncompliant products could be imminently hazardous. The lab gets seven days to respond.
• Adverse actions are announced on CPSC's website lab list — not in the Federal Register. No notice lands in your inbox. You find out by checking.
• Normally a lab may keep testing until a Final Notice issues (16 CFR 1112.51). But in for-cause actions like January 2026, CPSC explicitly stated that existing certifications were no longer accepted.
• This is rare. A 2024 CPSC list showed two adverse-action withdrawals, while roughly 106 labs left the program voluntarily in fiscal years 2020 through 2024. Rarity is the signal: a for-cause withdrawal means CPSC found a serious integrity problem.

One practical note on those voluntary exits: a lab that quietly left the program also leaves you needing a new lab. The reason differs; your to-do list does not.

1. Go to cpsc.gov/cgi-bin/labsearch/ — CPSC's searchable database of accepted laboratories.
2. Search by lab name or CPSC Lab ID. Then search again by rule.
3. Confirm the lab is listed and that its acceptance covers the specific children's product safety rule on your CPC. CPSC's guidance is explicit: accreditation "is rule-specific, not all laboratories can conduct all applicable testing; firms may be required to use more than one laboratory."
4. Know what an adverse action looks like in the data: a withdrawn lab no longer appears as accepted, and CPSC publishes its adverse-action list alongside the search tool.

A lab passing this check is necessary, not sufficient. The document itself can still be forged or edited — our guide to fake test report red flags covers the tells, and the verification walkthrough covers confirming a report with the issuing lab.

From July 8, 2026, CPSC eFiling means certificate data — including the testing lab's name and the test dates — travels with every customs entry. A withdrawn or out-of-scope lab on a certificate stops being a paperwork problem you might find in an audit someday and becomes data sitting inside the entry itself.

Our importer's guide to the July 8 eFiling deadline covers the requirement end to end. For the division of labor, see who does what between you and your customs broker; Amazon sellers can work from the eFiling checklist for FBA sellers.

Want to know which of these rules and dates touch your catalog before July 8? Run the free Deadline Checker first.

Which testing labs lost CPSC acceptance in January 2026?

Four China-based labs: Shenzhen GTT Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (Lab ID 1843), Dongguan True Safety Testing Co., Ltd. (ID 1755), Fujian Berton Testing Service Co., Ltd. (ID 1857), and Shenzhen HUAK Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (ID 1710). CPSC withdrew acceptance effective immediately on January 15, 2026, citing falsified reports, testing-rule violations, undisclosed adverse actions, and a failed independent tip-over test.

Are certificates based on those labs' tests still valid?

No. CPSC stated that certifications from these labs are no longer accepted and that companies relying on their reports must obtain new testing and certification from properly accredited laboratories before importing or selling regulated products in the United States. No grace period was announced.

How do I check whether my lab is still CPSC-accepted?

Search CPSC's accepted-lab database at cpsc.gov/cgi-bin/labsearch/ by lab name or ID, and separately by rule. Acceptance is rule-specific, so confirm the lab is listed for the exact children's product safety rule on your certificate. Labs withdrawn by adverse action no longer appear as accepted, and CPSC publishes its adverse-action list alongside the search tool.

Has CPSC withdrawn labs like this before?

Yes. In early 2024, CPSC permanently withdrew Shenzhen LCS Compliance Testing Laboratory Ltd. (ID 1606), after evidence that included a Chinese government penalty for issuing false test reports, and Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp. (Dongguan) (ID 1415), which had fraudulently used another lab's address and emblem on roughly 690 reports over about a decade. Final Notices issued in March and April 2024.

How often does CPSC withdraw a lab for cause?

Rarely — a 2024 CPSC list showed two adverse-action withdrawals, while roughly 106 labs left the program voluntarily in fiscal years 2020 through 2024. The rarity is the signal: a for-cause withdrawal means CPSC found a serious integrity problem, not routine housekeeping.