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Kustom Imprints Product Safety Compliance
Most of the custom embroidered and screen printed polo shirts, jackets and other apparel Kustom Imprints sells to our customers is the Port Authority brand. Port Authority is manufactured by a corporation called SanMar out of Seattle Washington. San Mar also manufactures the brands Port & Company, District Threads, Precious Cargo, Sport-Tek, Red House, and Cornerstone. Additionally, they are under license to produce apparel for both the Tiger Wood Collection, Nike Golf and Ping brands.
Because a few customers have specific questions about product safety, we have re-printed their response below:
SanMar (Manufacturer of Port Authority, Port & Company, District Threads, Precious Cargo, Sport-Tek, Red House, and Cornerstone) takes great care to ensure that the materials used to manufacture our private label products are safe and meet our high standards and specifications. We understand that product safety is a high priority for our customers. Thatís why we continually make significant and incremental investments in people and programs to ensure we meet legal requirements as well as SanMar's additional voluntary safety standards. SanMar works with global experts to ensure we remain leaders in our industry and meet the expectations of our customers.
What this means to you
In compliance with the new product safety laws and in keeping with our commitment to social responsibility, SanMar has instituted a broad-level initiative to provide our customers with ready access to General Conformity Certificates (GCC) for all applicable private label products. In 2009, we will be launching a robust web-based tool that will allow you to access GCCs directly. Please review the information below and let us know if you have any questions.
Product Testing Program
In partnership with Intertek, one of the global leaders in product testing, we have instituted a rigorous product testing program across our private label supply chain to verify that manufacturers are producing goods that meet our high standards and those of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), Californiaís Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) and other applicable federal and state laws.
Compliance with Newly Issued Product Safety Laws
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) became law in August 2008 and is applicable to certain products manufactured after November 12, 2008. The CPSIA enhances current U.S. product safety laws and primarily covers hazardous substances and flammability requirements for childrenís products as well as flammability requirements for general wear apparel. The law also requires the issuance of a General Conformity Certificate (GCC) for all products imported into the U.S. subject to safety regulations enforced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
We can confirm that each applicable product manufactured after November 12, 2008 and imported by us is accompanied by a GCC and meets all testing requirements under the CPSIA.
Accessing the General Certificates of Conformity
In addition to ensuring that our applicable private label products are imported with a General Conformity Certificate (GCC), we are working to implement a web-based tool whereby our customers may soon access such GCCs directly. As our sample GCC indicates, our GCCs cover product as imported (exclusive of decoration).
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