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Product Safety Resources

This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
Official list of qualified gas engineers
  1. Gas Safe Register
  2. HSE
  3. Product Safety Principles
RoSPA product safety information.
  1. Aerosols
  2. Baby Goods
  3. Batteries
  4. Childcare Articles
  5. CPL
  6. Fireplace Surrounds
  7. Lasers
  8. Prams and Pushchairs
  9. Product Safety Principles
European Commission guidance on harmonised standards.
  1. European Communities Act 1972
  2. European Directives
  3. The Blue Guide
European Commission guidance on the single market for goods.
  1. European Communities Act 1972
  2. European Directives
  3. The Blue Guide
Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe (PROSAFE) risk assessment web page.
  1. General Product Safety Regulations
  2. PROSAFE
  3. Risk Assessment
Resources for local regulators.
  1. PSD
  2. RAPEX
Voluntary quality mark that manufacturers and service industries use to demonstrate safety, reliability and quality.
  1. BSI
  2. Product Safety Principles
An introduction from the Tyre Industry Federation to applicable regulations in England and Wales.
  1. Product Safety Principles
  2. Tyres
Resources for local regulators.
  1. Assured Advice
  2. OPSS
  3. RAPEX
Product safety sample submission spreadsheet for local authorities.
  1. Sampling Protocol
Information on the legal status of cannabis and cannabis extracts in finished cosmetics in the UK.
  1. Cosmetics
Guidance on which regulations apply to which products and where to go for further information on how to comply with them.
  1. Aerosols
  2. ATEX
  3. Cosmetics
  4. Electrical Products
  5. Electromagnetic Compatibility
  6. Fireworks
  7. Gas Appliances
  8. General Product Safety Regulations
  9. Lifts
  10. Machinery
  11. Outdoor Equipment
  12. Personal Protective Equipment
  13. PPE
  14. Pressure Equipment
  15. Pyrotechnic Articles
  16. Radio Equipment
  17. Recreational Craft
  18. Simple Pressure Vessels
  19. Toys
Things to consider when buying and using products.
  1. CE Marking
  2. Electrical Equipment
  3. Product Recalls
Guidance to the Aerosol Dispensers Regulations 2009.
  1. Aerosols
  2. Product Safety Principles
Guidance document on EU law.
  1. European Communities Act 1972
The Office for Product Safety and Standards incident management plan for product safety in conjunction with government, local authorities and industry partners.
  1. OPSS
Manual of the working group on cosmetic products (sub-group on borderline products) on the scope of application of the cosmetics regulation (EC) no 1223/2009 (Art. 2(1)(A)) version 3.1.
  1. Cosmetics
OPSS statutory guidance on the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015.
  1. Fireworks
  2. Product Safety Principles
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) guidance on identifying and naming substances.
  1. CLP Regulation
  2. ECHA
  3. European Communities Act 1972
  4. REACH
Information on MHRA's enforcement duties and how to report a non-compliant medical device.
  1. European Directives
  2. Market Surveillance
  3. Medical Devices
  4. MHRA
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) fireworks guidance.
  1. Fireworks
  2. HSE
  3. Product Safety Principles