[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1210.13]

[Page 319]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1210_SAFETY STANDARD FOR CIGARETTE LIGHTERS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_Certification Requirements
 
Sec.  1210.13  Certification tests.

    (a) General. As explained in Sec.  1210.11 of this subpart, 
certificates of compliance required by section 14(a) of the CPSA must be 
based on a reasonable testing program.
    (b) Reasonable testing programs--(1) Requirements. (i) A reasonable 
testing program for lighters is one that demonstrates with a high degree 
of assurance that all lighters manufactured for sale or distributed in 
commerce will meet the requirements of the standard, including the 
requirements of Sec.  1210.3. Manufacturers and importers shall 
determine the types and frequency of testing for their own reasonable 
testing programs. A reasonable testing program should be sufficiently 
stringent that it will detect any variations in production or 
performance during the production interval that would cause any lighters 
to fail to meet the requirements of the standard.
    (ii) All reasonable testing programs shall include qualification 
tests, which must be performed on surrogates of each model of lighter 
produced, or to be produced, to demonstrate that the product is capable 
of passing the tests prescribed by the standard (see Sec.  1210.14), and 
production tests, which must be performed during appropriate production 
intervals as long as the product is being manufactured (see Sec.  
1210.16).
    (iii) Corrective action and/or additional testing must be performed 
whenever certification tests of samples of the product give results that 
do not provide a high degree of assurance that all lighters manufactured 
during the applicable production interval will pass the tests of the 
standard.
    (2) Testing by third parties. At the option of the manufacturer or 
importer, some or all of the testing of each lighter or lighter 
surrogate may be performed by a commercial testing laboratory or other 
third party. However, the manufacturer or importer must ensure that all 
certification testing has been properly performed with passing results 
and that all records of such tests are maintained in accordance with 
Sec.  1210.17 of this subpart.