As the largest manufacturer of soft sided insulated products in the world, we believe it is our responsibility to provide our valued customers with important information regarding the steps we take to ensure only the safest products are delivered to market. At California Innovations®, we call this Ultra Safe™.
All products manufactured by California Innovations® undergo an enforced testing protocol to ensure that they meet the criteria set by the Ultra Safe™ designation, a guarantee that the California Innovations® product you have purchased is safe.
Even before lead became an issue in the U.S., our products met the very stringent international lead standard developed by the European Union (EN-71 Part 3) which requires that there be less than 90g/kg (or 90 parts per million) of leachable or soluble lead on the interior of the product.
Other standards include the U.S. F.D.A. (no detectable, leachable lead in interior liners), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (less than 1µg/100cm2/ wipe), California's Proposition 65 and EN-71 Part 3 (less than 90g/kg), and Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act specific for products intended for children 12 years of age or under (less than 90 parts per million on lead in surface coating or paint, less than 100 parts per million on lead in substrate, less than 0.1% or 1000 parts per million on the four individual Phthalates: DBP, BBP, DEHP, DnHP).
We not only meet all federal and local safety standards, we add our own. These standards are set because we care about the children who are using our products. For example, the FDA calls for no detectable, leachable lead content in interior liners. We believe that there should be no detectable, leachable lead content in any food contact surface so we not only have lead free interior liners, but also zipper sliders, bridges and pullers. We have also switched from metal zipper pullers to POM (polyoxymethelene), a lead free material, for all lunch bags intended for children.
Built-in product safety requires that we test rigorously to ensure compliance with our exacting standards. The Ultra Safe™ Protection System (USPS), designed exclusively by California Innovations® and part of Ultra Safe™, is an extremely strict quality control standard that is enforced by our first rate Quality Control team. The USPS monitors every stage of the production process so as to ensure that all products from California Innovations® are safe.
* All of our interior liners have no detectable leachable/soluble lead in them.
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