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Official news, safety alerts, guidance, research and policy updates from GOV.UK’s product-safety topic and OPSS.
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Joint Statement from OPSS, UKHSA and HSE.
Office for Product Safety and Standards, UK Health Security Agency, Health and Safety Executive · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Information and advice for innovative businesses on product regulation to bring safe, compliant products to the UK market.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Lists for local authorities.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Information on how market surveillance authorities should notify products that pose a risk to the health and safety of consumers and / or are noncompliant.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Guidance for businesses on the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)What you need to do to comply with regulations which govern manufactured products placed on the Northern Ireland market.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 enables the Government to amend regulations to reflect how products are bought and used today and in the future.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Find out more about continued recognition of the Conformité Européene (CE) marking, and whether as a manufacturer you need to take additional steps to place your product on the market in Great Britain.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Read more about changes to the overarching regulatory regime for product safety and metrology, following the UK’s exit from the European Union.
Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Where to find information on what you need to do to comply with regulations which govern manufactured products placed on the market in the European Union.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Practical information for businesses placing a product on the market which falls in scope of the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) or Conformité Européenne (CE) regimes.
Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)How manufacturers can use Fast-Track UKCA to apply the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking, by using UK or EU conformity assessment procedures for relevant regulations that apply to their product.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Guidance on product marking for specific product sectors, including the continued recognition of certain EU requirements, such as CE marking.
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)We are seeking views from businesses, consumer groups and all other interested stakeholders on a new, modernised and enhanced core product safety framework.
Office for Product Safety and Standards, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)We are seeking views on proposed reforms to UK product regulation market surveillance and enforcement.
Office for Product Safety and Standards, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)We are seeking final views on the comprehensive reform of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.
Office for Product Safety and Standards, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)An independent study on developing options for assessing compliance with the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)An independent research report.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)A comprehensive overview of the analysis conducted to develop an OPSS Benefit Cost Ratio to showcase the economic value of OPSS activities.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)A report on the development of an economic model to estimate consumer and business detriment caused by unsafe and non-compliant products on the UK market.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)New resources aimed at younger people to raise awareness of safe vapes usage and disposal.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)OPSS is leading a fresh campaign to raise awareness of safety issues with vapes, with resources for local authorities, community groups and the public.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)This consultation sought stakeholder views on the proposed implementation of a ban on the use of BPA and its analogues in food contact materials
Food Standards Agency · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Find out which regulations apply to your products and where to go for further information on how to comply with them.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)New resources aimed at older people provided to raise awareness of unsafe products sold online.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)OPSS is leading a fresh campaign to raise awareness of unsafe products sold online, with resources for local authorities, community groups and the public.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Results from the OPSS Product Safety Testing Sampling Protocol Programme for April 2020 to March 2025.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)A research report on the evaluation of data from a pilot study into the feasibility of collecting accident data from the NHS relating to consumer products.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Information on how businesses must notify products that pose a risk to health and safety and/or are noncompliant to the relevant authority.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)OPSS would like to invite any interested parties to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of cosmetic ingredients.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
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