Resources

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Product Safety: Machinery safety legislation – reminder of open call for evidence; updates to designated standards GOV.UK pages
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking primary authority
Wider Updates: Building Local Authority Capability training in October
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This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Important update for Product Safety Database (PSD) users
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking primary authority
Wider Updates: New price marking rules for businesses and consumers; banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children consultation; Building Local Authority Capability training in October
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Introduction to Fireworks Enforcement webinar presented Ian Hillier on behalf of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute and Office for Product Safety and Standards.

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Product Safety: Update to Sampling Protocol resources on Regulators’ Companion
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: Unlock the Full Power of British Standards: Free Access via British Standards Online Library (BSOL ); request for feedback on product safety, construction products, and legal metrology training; Building LA Capability training sessions in October
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This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Product Safety Testing Sampling Protocol 2025-26; Haier integrated heat pump tumble dryers' corrective action
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Building LA Capability Construction Products training session in Sheffield
Wider Updates: Regulators’ Companion maintenance; request for feedback on product safety, construction products, and legal metrology training; Building LA Capability training sessions in September and October
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This protocol provides support for local authority regulation of product safety, namely by funding the testing of samples sourced by local authorities from the businesses responsible for placing products on the market.

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Quarterly Live Briefing
Product Safety: Heat pump tumble dryer incident
Primary Authority: Reminder to update your Primary Authority Register passwords; businesses seeking Primary Authority
Construction Products: Building LA Capability Construction Products training session in Sheffield
Wider updates: Building LA Capability training sessions in September and October
Dates to note

HoS Email sent to to LAs on 28/08/2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 21 August 2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 14 August 2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 7 August 2025.

An OPSS template letter to assist Trading Standards Officers when writing to a business premises that they believe is not complying with Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment legislation.

Heads of Service email sent on 31 July 2025.

An OPSS presentation which outlines the environmental impact of button batteries through an explanation of their lifecycle. It also details the environmental regulations covering the acceptable content of Button and Coin Batteries and appropriate packaging, and WEEE regulations concerning takeback scheme requirements.

Heads of Service email sent on 25 July 2025.

Chief Fire Officers email sent on 17 July 2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 17 July 2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 10 July 2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 3 July 2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 26 June 2025.

Heads of Service email sent on 19 June 2025. This email contains information on the following:

Product Safety: Consumer awareness funding opportunities reminder
Primary Authority: Business seeking primary authority
Construction Products: InstallerSHOW 2025 Birmingham
Wider Updates: Legal Metrology and Product Safety Training Programme
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