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This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
Purchase costs form for 2020/21 in relation to product safety published by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
  1. Purchase Costs Form
  2. Sampling Protocol
  3. Testing
OPSS guidance for conformity assessment bodies (CABs) certifying for the GB and NI market.
  1. Notified Bodies
  2. WELMEC
  3. NAWI
  4. NANDO
  5. MID
  6. Market Surveillance
Policy paper on the new protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and political declaration as presented at the October European Council.
  1. Northern Ireland Protocol
Listing of Nando (New Approach Notified and Designated Organisations) notified bodies in regards to PPE.
  1. PPE
BSI guide for personal protective equipment (PPE) products from non-PPE manufacturers.
  1. BSI
  2. PPE
Database of counterfeit NIOSH respirator certificates.
  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
Article by the European Safety Federation on suspiscious certificates for PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
  3. PPE
Guidance for trading standards officers on applying Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR)) to hand sanitiser products.
  1. Biocide
  2. Coronavirus
  3. COVID-19
  4. Hand Sanitiser
A variety of GOV.UK links with information regarding the use of face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
  3. PPE
This BSI guide summarises the main characteristics of the four most common categories of mask and face covering available in the UK that health workers and the public may use.
  1. BSI
  2. PPE
Handling of Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015 (COMAH) safety report submission requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  1. COMAH
  2. COVID-19
  3. Hand Sanitiser
This Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) guidance relates to a question concerning an operator of road tanker mounted bulk liquid fuel measuring systems, where tankers were being used with broken seals.
  1. Bulk Fuel
  2. Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016
  3. Measuring Systems
  4. Road Tankers
This guidance by the Legal Metroglogy Expert Panel relates to the weight marking of sand and ballast as outlined in Schedule 4 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985, and supports guidance previously issued by The Builders Merchants Federation.
  1. Ballast
  2. Builders Merchants
  3. Bulk Bags
  4. Measuring Systems
  5. Weights and Measures Act 1985
European Commission recommendation on PPE regulatory easements to help increase production of safe medical supplies.
  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
  3. PPE
Guidance on how OPSS is supporting businesses and local authorities and protecting consumers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) guidance on PPE and hand sanitiser during COVID-19.
  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
  3. Hand Sanitiser
  4. PPE
Guidance on the different regulationsthat apply to devices and equipment including hand gels and PPE (personal protective equipment).
  1. Coronavirus
  2. COVID-19
  3. Hand Sanitiser
  4. PPE
National Product Safety Group (NPSG) guidance on the safety enforcement of baby soother holders.
  1. Baby Goods
  2. Soother Holders
  3. Soothers
National Product Safety Group (NPSG) guidance on the safety enforcement of electrical cells for consumers.
  1. Batteries
  2. Button Cell
  3. Cell
  4. Coin Cell
  5. Consumer Electrical Cells
Guidance by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) on the sale of fireworks by businesses.
  1. Fireworks
  2. Pyrotechnic Articles