Dear customers,
We politely remind and inform you that:
California Energy Commission (CEC) recently implemented intensive market supervision in the local market of California to ensure that sanitary products sold in California comply with the relevant regulations of California. Specifically, CEC authorities frequently purchase physical products (as shown in the Order screenshot below) on e-commerce platforms (online) or offline (in stores) and send them to CEC laboratories in the United States for sampling testing.
The contents of random inspection are as follows:
1. Product flow: Meet the water saving requirements of CEC.
2, product marking: the holder's company name or trademark, gpm and L/min two units at the same time (e.g. Max 1.2gpm 4.5L/min).
3. Label of the outer box: name or trademark of the holder, gpm and L/min at the same time (e.g. Max 1.2gpm 4.5L/min), product model and production date.
Unqualified treatment:
For non-conforming products in random inspection, CEC authorities will issue a letter to the corresponding customers, impose fines, and require rectification and other follow-up measures, as follows:
1. Fine: Products that do not comply with CEC regulations, do not have CEC registration, do not have the correct logo, are considered as violations, according to the degree of violation of the brand, market sales and shipment amount of fines, ranging from $2,500 to $30,000. (Even if you pass the test results, but you are not registered with CEC, you will be considered non-compliant and you will be fined)
2. Request for a reply within a specified period of time after receiving the notice, it is required to reply to CEC and give a specific plan for the rectification. Or face larger fines or other legal action.
3. Cease Sales: Upon receipt of the notice, cease sales of the products listed in the appendix to the letter and remove the illegal products from California.
4. Retroactive: Require, within the time specified in the Notice, a list of the quantities of products that have been sold into California since (XX) 20XX, including the products mentioned in the Appendix or otherwise not lawfully sold into California and a list of the retailers involved in such transactions.
Failure to address the above issues in a timely manner as required by the notice will result in the subsequent failure to complete the brand or retailer's application for registration in California CEC, resulting in further and more serious legal problems and larger fines.
Please pay attention to the above facts and ensure that the products sold in California meet the requirements of CEC in terms of flow and packaging, so as to avoid possible losses and legal risks.
Here, we relist CEC's flow requirements for related sanitary products as follows for reference:
Product marking: marking: the holder's company name or trademark, gpm and L/min two units at the same time (e.g. Max 1.2gpm 4.5L/min).
External packaging marking: marking: the holder's company name or trademark, gpm and L/min at the same time (e.g. Max 1.2gpm 4.5L/min), product model and production date.
Please inform us above. If you have any questions, please contact your corresponding sales engineer or customer service for clarification. Thank you.