Resources

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards, 11 July 2023. Covers PRISM, online marketplaces, presumption of conformity, and e-bikes and e-scooters.

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards, 25 April 2023. Covers product safety triage and escalation, construction products, PRISM update and product safety review and REUL.

This handbook brings together tools, guidance, case studies and templates in one place and was developed through the Better Business for All programme.

Quarterly local authority briefing from the Office of Product Safety and Standards. January 2023.

A powerpoint from the Office of Product Safety and Standards covering the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021.

A powerpoint from the Office of Product Safety and Standards covering the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulations 2017.

European Commission updated 'Blue Guide' on the implementation of directives based on the new approach and the global approach.

OPSS guidance for Local Authority Trading Standards on risk assessing products that contain button and coin batteries (February 2023).

Product safety compliance update for cricket PPE (excluding helmets) from the Office for Product Safety and Standards.

Video of a weighbridge test and how to perform one.

This Legal Metrology Expert Panel (LMEP) guidance relates to bulk liquid fuel measuring systems on road tankers.

Toy manufacturers', importers' and distributors' responsibilities.

Guidance notes on legislation relating to gas appliances.

OPSS guidance for conformity assessment bodies (CABs) certifying for the GB and NI market.

Policy paper on the new protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and political declaration as presented at the October European Council.

Database of counterfeit NIOSH respirator certificates.

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.

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.

National Product Safety Group (NPSG) guidance on the safety enforcement of electrical cells for consumers.