Product Safety Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards delivery report sets out how to protect consumers through robust product regulation, working with local trading standards officers and delivering with partners.
- OPSS
The Office for Product Safety and Standards strategy for strengthening the national capacity for product safety.
- OPSS
Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
- OPSS
Summarises the regulations which Vape Producers must comply with under the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive. Includes producer and distributor obligations and Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATFs) and a list of AATFs identified by OPSS.
- Vapes
Sampling protocol for 2023/24 in relation to product safety published by the Office for Product Safety and Standards
- Sampling Protocol
- Testing
Product safety compliance update for cricket PPE (excluding helmets) from the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
- Cricket
- OPSS
- PPE
National Product Safety Group (NPSG) guidance on the safety enforcement of contract office chairs.
- NPSG
Purchase costs form for 2020/21 in relation to product safety published by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
- Purchase Costs Form
- Sampling Protocol
- Testing
Policy paper on the new protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and political declaration as presented at the October European Council.
- Northern Ireland Protocol
Online directory of available personal protective equipment at the PPE Exchange website.
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- PPE
Online directory of wanted personal protective equipment at the PPE Exchange website.
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- PPE
BSI guide for personal protective equipment (PPE) products from non-PPE manufacturers.
- BSI
- PPE