ORDER ONLINE NAVIGATING CONSUMER SAFETY REGULATIONS Petra monitors the potential impacts of evolving regulation and compliance requirements from our customers and freight carriers. Petra provides complete clarity on how to effectively navigate subtle changes in the industry to maintain peak product placement. CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 If your products contain lithium, lead or a slew of other chemicals, you have probably heard of Prop 65, or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act. Though it was enacted in 1986, in August of 2018 a renewed focus lead to new stricter regulations impacting the production, packaging, shipping and advertising of products containing chemicals in the Prop 65 list. If Petra was to continue distributing manufacturers’ products to California businesses, all non-compliant manufacturer partners needed to start supplying Prop 65 information. Petra aided manufacturers in navigating the changes and becoming compliant. TESTING CERTIFICATIONS Every day, prominent ecommerce giants become stricter on the product information that they require to sell a product. Nowadays if you make a claim, you need to be prepared to back it up. For example, the IP rating on “weatherproof” products must be proven with the test report number, whom the report was prepared by and the year if you want to make the claim on your Amazon listing. Using Bluetooth® compatibility to market your product? You need to point to the Bluetooth database to prove that this compatibility test was conducted and approved. Selling anything with lithium batteries on QVC? You’ll need a UN38.3 test summary to accompany your product. Petra breaks down these complex requirements and provides details on exactly what is needed to ensure you reach the channel partners with even the most stringent requirements. WERCS One of the most common barriers to market is WERCS certification, which your product may need depending on its chemical makeup. A common misconception is that once WERCs is completed for a SKU, this certification is able to be used across all retailers. Each retailer actually may have different requirements. For example, walmart.com does not require copper registration, but homedepot.com does. Only the manufacturer can provide the data needed for WERCS, but Petra will act as your guide in this process to advise what is needed for which retailers. Learn more on our WERCs help page. UN38.3 For safety reasons, lithium batteries are subject to a series of design tests per sub-section 38.3 of the UN Manual of Tests and Criteria. Downstream shippers and consumers, however, often cannot confirm if their battery was successfully tested. To address this shipping issue, you will be required to provide information sheets with these testing summaries for items containing lithium batteries. Although this is not a wide-spread practice currently, it will soon become the norm. The UN Model Regulations now have a requirement for lithium battery manufacturers and distributors to make available lithium battery test summaries (TS) using a standardized set of elements—and we’re here to help you navigate and understand these test summaries. Partner with Petra ABOUT PETRA Our Story Community Involvement Careers Blog Press Releases CUSTOMER SERVICE My Account Contact Us Knowledge Base Marketplace Reseller FAQ Become a Customer RESOURCES Reseller Agreements MAP Policies Rebate Center Shipping information Product List Download CONTACT 2101 S Kelly, Edmond, OK 73013 Retail Customer Service: 800.443.6975 Ecommerce Customer Service: 866.319.8547 Fax: 800.997.3872 Email: feedback@petra.com ©2021 Petra Industries, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Terms & Conditions Privacy