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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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Corporate report

OPSS Privacy Notice: Emergency Care Dataset

Information on how we process personal data in relation to the Emergency Care Dataset we receive from NHS England.

Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date

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Guidance

Product Safety Risk Assessment Methodology (PRISM): resources

Guidance on products and hazards presumed serious risk and fictitious examples of product safety risk assessments.

Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date

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Guidance

My safety: smart connected products

OPSS is leading a fresh campaign to raise awareness of safety issues associated with consumer products that can connect to the internet or a network.

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Statutory guidance

Radio equipment regulations

Guidance for businesses on the Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 and Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 and 2025.

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News

Urgent safety check for 85,000 tumble dryers

Households with specific tumble dryers manufactured by Haier must check if their machine needs an urgent safety repair.

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Transparency

DRIVE35 Accounting Officer advice summary

A summary of the Accounting Officer's evaluation of the DRIVE35 (Driving Research & Investment in Vehicle Electrification) project.

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade · Source updated date

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News

Haier to restart heat pump tumble dryer safety repair programme

OPSS has confirmed that Haier can begin an updated corrective action programme to address a fire safety risk that may not have been fixed by an earlier repair.

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Guidance

Guidance on health and identification marks

Guidance on health and identification marks that must be applied to products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, egg products, fish, cheese and milk.

Food Standards Agency · Source updated date

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Guidance

UK Quality Wine Schemes guidance - still wines

Still wine produced in the UK is categorised using a set of hierarchical schemes. This system is known as the UK Quality Wine Schemes and has been put forward to the UK Government by Wine Great Britain (Wine GB).

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Guidance

Child safety: small hazards, big harm

OPSS is leading a fresh campaign to raise awareness among parents and carers about the potential dangers to children from swallowing small objects.

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News

OPSS launches new small hazards, big harm campaign

Parents urged to be aware of everyday items that pose serious risks when swallowed by young children.

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News

OPSS issues stop warning for 17,000 heat pump tumble dryer owners

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued a stop warning for 17,000 heat pump tumble dryer owners.

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Corporate report

OPSS Delivery Report 2024-2025

This report sets out how OPSS protects consumers through robust product regulation, working and delivering with partners.

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Research

Experiences of non-specialists relating to construction products

An independent research report exploring the experiences of non-specialists in relation to construction products purchasing and use.

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Guidance

Cheese recovery guidance

Guidance for businesses and local authorities to ensure that cheese recovery is carried out in accordance with the food hygiene legislation

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