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Manufacturers and importers are required by Federal law to test many consumer products for compliance with consumer product safety standards. Once a product has passed safety testing, the manufacturer or importer must certify the that the product is compliant with the applicable safety requirements in a written or electronic certificate. These certifications must accompany the product in question or shipments of these products and a copy is required to be provided to retailers and distributors. On rare occasions, these certifications may also be required by the government.

Since 1988, Product Safety Consulting has been providing product developers
and manufacturers with expert advice and testing services, so they confidently
secure product safety and regulatory compliance in the least time, and for the
least expense. From consumer products to lighting fixtures, to motor controllers
and medical devices, we have helped customers obtain more than 3,000 safety

approvals all over the world.

With an engineering team that has over 150 years of combined product design
and compliance experience, we understand how difficult it can be to navigate
the regulatory landscape. We collaborate closely with our customers – at any
stage in the product development lifecycle – to help them understand how to
meet the requirements of a given standard. In fact, most of our engineers are
involved in writing them.

We have been working closely for over 20 years with all of the major Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL), such as Underwriters Laboratories,
Intertek/ETL, the Canadian Standards Assocation (CSA), QPS, SGS, MET
Labs, and many others. We understand the additional costs in time and money
that are incurred when a product fails an evaluation or test. That is why we are
committed to working with product designers to make sure that only passing
are products submitted to an NRTL for certification.