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Static snapshot of the Aleph admin roadmap as of April 2026. The live admin roadmap lives inside the app at app.alephco.io/admin/roadmap.

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Four compliance modules. Six expansion verticals.

Aleph covers four regulatory modules today — FSVP, CPSIA/CPC, Prop 65, and PFAS — with six verticals identified for expansion ordered by the enforcement gradient, not by engineering ease.

Compliance modules

Children's product safety (CPSIA and CPC)

Progress: 100%

Generate the Children's Product Certificate (CPC) required under CPSIA for any product made for kids 12 and under.

Workflow
  1. Add the product: SKU, manufacturer, country of origin, and the age group it's made for.
  2. Upload the test report from a CPSC-accepted lab and attach it to the product.
  3. Fill in the certificate: product description, the safety standards it meets, lab details, test and manufacture dates and locations, importer info, and the tracking label.
  4. Review the finished certificate, then generate it as a PDF ready to file or share with customs.
  • Add a children's product to the system
  • Fill out the certificate's required fields
  • Preview the certificate before it's finalized
  • Generate the finished certificate as a PDF
  • Upload the lab's test report and attach it to the product
  • Track whether a certificate is a draft, issued, or replaced by a newer one
  • See every CPSIA product and its certificate status at a glance
  • Choose from a built-in list of CPSC safety standards, including ASTM F963
  • Importer details fill in automatically from the company's profile
  • Only companies that handle children's products can open this module
  • Make sure each company can only see its own certificates
  • Export certificate data in the format CPSC e-Filing expects
  • Add a general consumer product and only see the compliance rules relevant to it
  • Submit filing data directly to the government's customs system (ACE) once the July 2026 mandate takes effect
  • See the full history of a certificate, including every earlier version it replaced

Chemical warning labels (California Prop 65)

Progress: 100%

Check products against California's Prop 65 chemical list and generate the required warning label.

Workflow
  1. Add the product: materials, manufacturer, and country of origin.
  2. Answer whether the product needs a Prop 65 warning — yes, no, or not sure. A "no" answer is recorded as the official assessment.
  3. Pick the chemicals present from a built-in list, how a person could be exposed to them, and whether the warning is for cancer, reproductive harm, or both.
  4. Choose a short-form or long-form label, preview it at packaging and shelf-tag size, then download it as a PDF.
  • Add a product for a Prop 65 review
  • Record a yes / no / not-sure warning assessment
  • Pick from a built-in list of chemicals, with reference numbers and explanations
  • Choose whether the warning covers cancer, reproductive harm, or both
  • Note how a person could be exposed to the chemical
  • A checkbox confirming the product meets the safe-harbor exposure limit, with an explanation
  • Generate the wording for a short-form or long-form warning label
  • Preview the label at packaging and shelf-tag size
  • Generate the warning label as a PDF
  • Look up the current list of Prop 65 chemicals
  • See every Prop 65 product and its warning status at a glance
  • Only companies selling products into California can open this module
  • Make sure each company can only see its own disclosure records
  • Add a general consumer product and only see the compliance rules relevant to it
  • Track a 60-day notice of violation and its cure deadline
  • The list of regulated chemicals updates automatically each week, and flags any of a company's disclosures affected by a change
  • Warning labels tailored to the specific product

PFAS ('forever chemical') disclosure

Progress: 100%

Answer a guided questionnaire about PFAS chemicals in a product and see which state regulations apply.

Workflow
  1. Add the product: category, materials, and manufacturer details.
  2. Answer whether the product contains PFAS — yes, no, or unknown. A "no" answer completes a certification; an "unknown" answer comes with guidance.
  3. For each PFAS-containing part: its name, the specific substance, how much it contains, and what it's used for (such as water resistance or non-stick coating).
  4. Select which states the product is sold in, and the applicable state regulations are identified automatically.
  5. Generate a PDF disclosure report with the component list, applicable regulations, and the company's certification.
  • Add a product for a PFAS review
  • A guided, step-by-step questionnaire: assessment, then components, then regulations
  • Record a yes / no / unknown assessment, with guidance for unknown cases
  • Add or remove PFAS-containing components as needed
  • A built-in database of state PFAS regulations across eight states
  • Applicable regulations fill in automatically based on the states selected
  • Preview the disclosure report before generating it
  • Generate the disclosure report as a PDF
  • See every PFAS product and its disclosure status at a glance
  • Only companies with PFAS-containing products can open this module
  • Make sure each company can only see its own disclosure records
  • Add a general consumer product and only see the compliance rules relevant to it
  • Generate a state-specific disclosure report for six states
  • Export the annual report Maine's environmental agency requires
  • Search a database of roughly 8,380 known PFAS substances while filling out a disclosure
  • Ask a supplier to fill out their own PFAS questionnaire, and their answers attach directly to the requesting company's product

Foreign supplier verification (FSVP, for food importers)

Progress: 100%

Required for US food importers: verify that foreign suppliers produce food that meets US safety standards.

Workflow
  1. Add the imported food: supplier, country of origin, and food category.
  2. Identify possible hazards — biological, chemical, physical, or radiological — and rate how severe and how likely each one is.
  3. Based on how severe the hazard is, choose how the supplier will be verified: an onsite audit, sampling and testing, or a records review, and how often.
  4. Assign a Qualified Individual — someone trained in-house, or an outside firm — to carry out the verification.
  5. Generate a complete package of FSVP records for a supplier, ready for an FDA inspection or a customs entry.
  • Add a food product for an FSVP review
  • A dedicated FSVP workspace
  • Look up FDA enforcement actions and adverse-event reports
  • Export a complete FSVP inspection package for a single supplier
  • A guided FDA registration setup
  • Record a hazard analysis for a product across four hazard categories
  • Schedule and track supplier verification activities
  • Maintain a roster of Qualified Individuals and who's assigned where
  • Each company can only see and manage its own FSVP records
  • Overdue verifications show up alongside a company's other compliance alerts
  • Simple forms for recording a hazard analysis, a supplier verification, or a Qualified Individual
  • See a product's FSVP status — hazards, supplier verifications, assigned Qualified Individuals — right on the product page
  • A readiness checklist for each product showing whether it's ready for inspection, with red/yellow/green status across hazard analysis, supplier verification, assigned Qualified Individual, and supporting documents
  • A directory of foreign suppliers that can be reused across products
  • Support for more than one person editing FSVP records at the same time

EU product compliance (REACH, SVHC, RoHS)

Compliance for products sold in the European Union: REACH chemical safety, SVHC high-concern substance declarations, RoHS for products with electrical components, and general EU product safety rules.

Workflow
  1. Add the product being exported to the EU: materials, manufacturer, and country of origin.
  2. List every material used — plastics, paints, adhesives, plating solutions, coatings.
  3. Confirm REACH compliance for each material and upload the required SVHC declarations.
  4. Upload a Material Safety Data Sheet for each chemical treatment, and optionally track a bill of materials.
  5. Generate the REACH certificate and SVHC summary for a customs or compliance audit.
  • Flag a product as an EU export
  • Only companies exporting to the EU can open this module
  • Store REACH declarations, SVHC assertions, and material components for each product
  • Keep each company's EU compliance records private and separate
  • Manage EU products, declarations, SVHC assertions, and materials
  • A dedicated EU compliance page listing products and their status
  • Generate a REACH certificate and SVHC summary as a PDF
  • Get alerted to overdue declarations, missing SVHC assertions, or gaps in material sourcing info
  • Jump between a product's page and its EU compliance record
  • Attach a Material Safety Data Sheet to a product, the same way Prop 65 and PFAS already support
  • Support products sold in more than one country, each with its own regional requirements
  • A general framework for matching a product to the right rules and paperwork by country
  • Compliance support for Canada, similar to the US CPSC process
  • Compliance support for Australia
  • Roll out gradually: EU first, then let a company choose its countries, then match countries to where the product actually ships

Expansion verticals

Six verticals identified for next-round build, ordered by enforcement activity and overlap with the existing module stack.

Apparel & Textiles · High priority

Market: Large — #1 PFAS enforcement target.
Have: CPSIA (children's), Prop 65, PFAS.
Need: Flammability (16 CFR 1610/1615), textile labeling (fiber content, care labels).

Cosmetics & Personal Care · High priority

Market: Growing — MoCRA brand new (2023).
Have: Prop 65, PFAS.
Need: MoCRA (facility registration + product listing), FDA adverse event reporting.

Furniture & Home Goods · Medium priority

Market: Medium — formaldehyde + flammability active enforcement.
Have: CPSIA, Prop 65, PFAS.
Need: TSCA Title VI (formaldehyde), CA TB 117 (flammability).

Electronics & Electrical · Medium priority

Market: Large, technical audience.
Have: Prop 65.
Need: FCC Part 15 (EMC testing), UL/ETL listing, RoHS, conflict minerals.

Dietary Supplements · Medium priority

Market: Medium-high — FDA scrutiny increasing.
Have: FSVP, Prop 65.
Need: DSHEA (NDI notifications), cGMP (21 CFR 111).

Automotive Aftermarket · Low priority

Market: Niche.
Have: Prop 65.
Need: FMVSS, CARB, EPA emissions.

From the admin UI

Aleph admin roadmap page with all modules

Admin roadmap — captured during the FSVP Pro era, before the rebrand to Aleph Co. in April 2026. The structure is unchanged; only the wordmark moved.

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