Many small buyers don't know where their products can be laboratory tested in China. Actually, many of them don't even know that they are responsible for compliance with their country's safety regulations. A handful of international groups have laboratory testing capabilities for the most common consumer goods. I listed them below. You can tell them what you are buying (with photos + a bit of context) and the importing country. They will give you a list of relevant tests with … [Read more...]
What to Do When A Supplier Can’t Provide Product Certifications?
As I wrote in How to Check Lab Test Certificates/Reports?, I guess that 10-30% of the product certifications given by Chinese suppliers to their customers are fake. A "fake" certification is often a real certificate that was issued regularly by an accredited testing laboratory and that was later "photoshopped" to show another product and/or supplier name. Another popular method is that of obtaining a "real" certificate that doesn't correspond to actual tests (in other words, the result is … [Read more...]