Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
Product safety sample submission spreadsheet for local authorities.
- Sampling Protocol
Information on the legal status of cannabis and cannabis extracts in finished cosmetics in the UK.
- Cosmetics
Guidance on which regulations apply to which products and where to go for further information on how to comply with them.
- Aerosols
- ATEX
- Cosmetics
- Electrical Products
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
- Fireworks
- Gas Appliances
- General Product Safety Regulations
- Lifts
- Machinery
- Outdoor Equipment
- Personal Protective Equipment
- PPE
- Pressure Equipment
- Pyrotechnic Articles
- Radio Equipment
- Recreational Craft
- Simple Pressure Vessels
- Toys
Things to consider when buying and using products.
- CE Marking
- Electrical Equipment
- Product Recalls
Guidance to the Aerosol Dispensers Regulations 2009.
- Aerosols
- Product Safety Principles
The Office for Product Safety and Standards incident management plan for product safety in conjunction with government, local authorities and industry partners.
- OPSS
OPSS's enforcement and market surveillance activities from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2018.
- NMRO
- Market Surveillance
These support good practice for primary authorities and include templates and draft agreements for use by Primary Authority partnerships.
- Primary authority
- Templates
OPSS statutory guidance on the Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015.
- Fireworks
- Product Safety Principles
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) guidance on identifying and naming substances.
- CLP Regulation
- ECHA
- European Communities Act 1972
- REACH
Links to guides for businesses, local authorities, enforcement officers, trade associations, businesses with a coordinated primary authority, and national regulators.
- Primary authority
OPSS guidance for businesses on the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006.
- Packaged Goods
- Units of Measurement
- Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006
Information on MHRA's enforcement duties and how to report a non-compliant medical device.
- European Directives
- Market Surveillance
- Medical Devices
- MHRA
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) fireworks guidance.
- Fireworks
- HSE
- Product Safety Principles
NAWI, MID, and UK Certificates issued by NMO Technical Services.
- Certification Bodies
- NAWI
- NMO
- OIML
- Standards Calibration
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) guidance on the local authority notified body protocol.
- Stickers
- Verification
Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) guidance for inspectors and manufacturers of weights and measures equipment.
- Automatic Catchweighing Machines
- Automatic Gravimetric Filling Instruments
- Automatic Rail Weighbridges
- Beltweighers
- Capacity Measures
- Cold Water Meters
- Intoxicating Liquor
- Length Measures
- Liquid Fuel
- NAWI
- Road Tankers
- Verification
The framework for the operation of Primary Authority.
- Primary authority
- Statutory Guidance