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Aerosol Dispensers Regulations 2009
Guidance for businesses.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
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Guidance for businesses.
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Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)Product safety law: advice for manufacturers and importers
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
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Qualitative research report on behalf of OPSS from YouGov.
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New statutory guidelines published for businesses producing and distributing lithium-ion batteries for e-bikes.
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Guidance for businesses.
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An independent research report, comprising a literature review, market survey, analytical method development and testing.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
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A research report on future and emerging technologically driven changes relevant to OPSS.
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Guidance for Market Surveillance Authorities.
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Following an OPSS investigation, luxury yacht maker Sunseeker International Limited has been fined for breaches of timber laws.
Office for Product Safety and Standards · Source updated date
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The use of metal and non-metal nanomaterials in consumer products and associated safety issues.
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An independent research report.
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An independent research report.
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We're inviting views on the long-term approach to product safety, and how to ensure that the regulatory framework is fit for the future.
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Follow OPSS guidance to purchase, use and dispose of fireworks safely and responsibly.
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Public asked to be vigilant following tests.
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Public asked to dispose of any cosmetics containing Lilial.
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The guide, toolkit and further information for GB authorities with responsibility for consumer product safety.
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A list of upcoming webinars on the UK’s approach to product marking and placing products on the market in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Guidance and advice for businesses that manufacture, process, distribute or sell food supplements containing caffeine.
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Safety Alert from OPSS.
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OPSS publishes annual report for its Product Safety Database for 2023-24.
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The procedures we follow to identify, assess, and manage incidents, emergencies and disruptive events across our regulatory responsibilities.
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What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
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Read the official GOV.UK update ↗ (opens in a new tab)OPSS takes enforcement action over dangerous e-bike battery
OPSS is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a dangerous e-bike battery manufactured by a company called UPP.
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Results from the baseline compliance research for 700 products tested between October 2021 to March 2022.
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These legacy reports set out how OPSS protects consumers through robust product regulation, working and delivering with partners.
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Border Force seized almost one million items of counterfeit goods worth nearly £200 million in 2023, with fake electricals targeted in the run-up to Christmas.
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An independent research report.
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