[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1212.16]

[Page 351]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1212--Safety Standard for Multi-Purpose Lighters--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Certification Requirements
 
Sec. 1212.16  Production testing.

    (a) General. Manufacturers and importers shall test samples of 
multi-purpose lighters subject to the standard as they are manufactured, 
to demonstrate that the multi-purpose lighters meet the specifications, 
required under Sec. 1212.15, of the surrogate that has been shown by 
qualification testing to meet the requirements of the standard.
    (b) Types and frequency of testing. Manufacturers, private labelers, 
and importers shall determine the types of tests for production testing. 
Each production test shall be conducted at a production interval short 
enough to provide a high degree of assurance that, if the samples 
selected for testing pass the production tests, all other multi-purpose 
lighters produced during the interval will meet the standard.
    (c) Test failure.    (1) Sale of multi-purpose lighters. If any test 
yields results which indicate that any multi-purpose lighters 
manufactured during the production interval may not meet the standard, 
production and distribution in commerce of multi-purpose lighters that 
may not comply with the standard must cease until it is determined that 
the lighters meet the standard or until corrective action is taken. (It 
may be necessary to modify the multi-purpose lighters or perform 
additional tests to ensure that only complying multi-purpose lighters 
are distributed in commerce. Multi-purpose lighters from other 
production intervals having test results showing that multi-purpose 
lighters from that interval comply with the standard could be produced 
and distributed unless there was some reason to believe that they might 
not comply with the standard.)
    (2) Corrective actions. When any production test fails to provide a 
high degree of assurance that all multi-purpose lighters comply with the 
standard, corrective action must be taken. Corrective action may include 
changes in the manufacturing process, the assembly process, the 
equipment used to manufacture the product, or the product's materials or 
design. The corrective action must provide a high degree of assurance 
that all multi-purpose lighters produced after the corrective action 
will comply with the standard. If the corrective action changes the 
product from the surrogate used for qualification testing in a manner 
that could adversely affect its child-resistance, the multi-purpose 
lighter must undergo new qualification tests in accordance with 
Sec. 1212.14.