Resources

This email contains information on the following:

Important updates: New ministerial team at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT); Product Safety and Metrology Bill
Product Safety: Update to LA e-bikes and e-scooters project returns form
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: OPSS funded training opportunities in July
Dates to note

This email contains information on the following:

Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Wider Updates: July OPSS funded training; Quarterly Live Briefing
Dates to note

Product Safety: LA e-bike and e-scooter project returns monthly deadline
Primary Authority: Businesses seeking Primary Authority
Dates to note

Guidance from the Vaping Expert Panel on what officers should do if they discover vapes containing CBD (cannabidiol) or THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) during enforcement visits.

Important updates: Pre-election period; Change of email addresses
Product Safety: Current fire safety product cases
Primary Authority: Training for new and potential Primary Authority providers; Businesses seeking a Primary Authority partner
Dates to note

A list of businesses that provide testing of vape liquids – inclusion on this list is not to be seen as approval or authorisation by CTSI or the Vaping Expert Panel.

Training session, including information on standards and the dangers of lithium-ion batteries

PA Supermarket Group session delivered by Justine Grimley (ASA) on Tuesday 9 April.

PA Supermarket Group - CBD in supermarket products delivered by Martin Allen (Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards) on Tuesday 9 April.

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.

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards, recorded on the 30 April 2024.

IPO Copyright Explained webinar provided by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

IPO Trade Marks Explained webinar provided by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

IPO legal update training provided by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.

PRISM Spotlight On: using data and arriving at probabilities for your harm scenarios presented by the Department for Business & Trade.

PRISM Spotlight On: recording your risk assessments, including using the digital tools presented by the Department for Business and Trade.

A series of videos showing how to use catchweighers and checkweighers

PRISM stage 3 risk assessment webinar presented by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).

Introduction to PRISM and risk basics webinar presented by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).