Originally Posted by
mr_bill
Snell Foundation conducts ongoing random sample tests on production helmets that they buy at retail. If any fail, they conduct a follow up test. If any of those fail, the manufacturer loses certification.
-mr. bill
No helmet sold in the U.S (or anywhere else AFAIK) requires a certification from the Snell Foundation.
The CPSC certification label is the required certification sticker required for any helmet to be legally sold in the U.S. Information about the testing requirement is at:
https://www.cpsc.gov/Business--Manuf...icycle-Helmets
I didn't see any requirement for initial or follow up testing to ever be conducted on helmet samples by an independent agency prior to applying CPSC stickers on every helmet of a production run of the helmet model.