Product Safety Resources
This page provides links to guidance, toolkits and other resources.
Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) information on enforcement and research activities.
- Aerosols
- CLP Regulation
- Dangerous Goods
- European Directives
Voluntary quality mark that manufacturers and service industries use to demonstrate safety, reliability and quality.
- BSI
- Product Safety Principles
An introduction from the Tyre Industry Federation to applicable regulations in England and Wales.
- Product Safety Principles
- Tyres
Official list of qualified gas engineers
- Gas Safe Register
- HSE
- Product Safety Principles
RoSPA product safety information.
- Aerosols
- Baby Goods
- Batteries
- Childcare Articles
- CPL
- Fireplace Surrounds
- Lasers
- Prams and Pushchairs
- Product Safety Principles
Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe (PROSAFE) risk assessment web page.
- General Product Safety Regulations
- PROSAFE
- Risk Assessment
ISO creates documents that provide requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics which can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose.
- BSI
- Product Safety Principles
GB and NI cosmetic products notification portals.
- Cosmetics
- Product Safety Principles
ESA information and resources.
- Product Safety Principles
- RoPSA
Product safety information from Electrical Safety First.
- Electrical Safety First
- Plugs and Sockets
- Product Safety Principles
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) information on Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
- CLP Regulation
- HSE
- REACH
European Commission information on chemicals.
- CLP Regulation
- ECHA
- European Communities Act 1972
- REACH
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) info on The Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement (Enforcement Forum).
- ECHA
- European Communities Act 1972
- REACH
Resources for local regulators.
- GPSR
- OPSS
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 to the Aerosol Dispensers Regulations 2009.
- Aerosols
- Product Safety Principles
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