{"data":{"id":"us/16-cfr-1107.24","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 CFR 1107.24","heading":"Undue influence.","body":"(a) Each manufacturer must establish procedures to safeguard against the exercise of undue influence by a manufacturer on a third party conformity assessment body.\n(b) The procedures required in paragraph (a) of this section, at a minimum, must include:\n(1) Safeguards to prevent attempts by the manufacturer to exercise undue influence on a third party conformity assessment body, including a written policy statement from company officials that the exercise of undue influence is not acceptable, and directing that every appropriate staff member receive training on avoiding undue influence, and sign a statement attesting to participation in such training;\n(2) A requirement that upon substantive changes to the requirements in this section regarding avoiding undue influence, the appropriate staff must be retrained regarding those changed requirements.\n(3) A requirement to notify the CPSC immediately of any attempt by the manufacturer to hide or exert undue influence over test results; and\n(4) A requirement to inform employees that allegations of undue influence may be reported confidentially to the CPSC and a description of the manner in which such a report can be made.","path":["Title 16—Commercial Practices","CHAPTER II—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS","PART 1107—TESTING AND LABELING PERTAINING TO PRODUCT CERTIFICATION","Subpart C—Certification of Children's Products"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-16.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:29Z","sha256":"3e1dce2d770906b07a58a9872b063f8d354f78c02f85622abba5fb12ad9e3c4b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-cfr-1107.23","next":"us/16-cfr-1107.26"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}