Publications

The Product Safety guide covers the new national product safety regime.

Publications available on this website are under review following the introduction of the Australian Consumer Law on 1 January 2011.

In late 2010, the ACCC identified a number of overseas reports and received anecdotal complaints from consumers and salon operators alleging excessive formaldehyde concentrations in cosmetics, particularly in hair straightening products.

Mobility scooters, gophers or buggies are a great way to get to the shops or around your community if you have physical problems that make it hard for you to walk distances.

This poster outlines safety information about bunk beds.

This bulletin provides information on the mandatory standard for lead and certain elements in children's toys and finger paints.

This bulletin provides information on the new mandatory standard for children’s toys containing magnets. It outlines the hazards related to these products, requirements of the mandatory standard and the responsibilities of the supplier.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recently conducted a major review of product recall effectiveness in Australia.

Since May 2009 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been evaluating issues about the strength and integrity of wooden drop sides on children’s household cots.

This guide provides a summary of the requirements for complying with the interim ban on certain children’s plastic products that contain, or have a component that contains, more than 1 per cent by weight diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), are intended for use by children up to and including 36 months of age and can readily be sucked and/or chewed.

This bulletin outlines requirements of the 18-month interim ban on children’s plastic products with more than 1 per cent by weight diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP).

Study of whether measurable amounts of BPA migrated into infant formula and tap water from typical infant feeding bottles and sip cups that are on the market in Australia.

Make your home a safe place for children. Young children love to climb and will often play on household furniture. However, climbing on furniture can place children at significant risk.

This bulletin alerts suppliers to requirements of two new mandatory standards.

Over the last three years, more than 100 serious accidents associated with treadmills have occurred in Australian homes. This brochure offers safety guidelines for protecting your children.

The misuse of non-prescription contact lenses can cause eye harm ranging from mild infection to blindness. Protect your eyes by following the safety guidelines in this brochure.

The bulletin provides information on the ban of toothpaste containing more than 0.25 per cent by weight of diethylene glycol (DEG), which was declared on 3 August 2007.

This brochure outlines what safety features to look for when buying a cot, and how to best use it.

This brochure outlines the safety features to look out for before buying a bunk bed.

While dummies are designed to help comfort and settle children, they are also a potential hazard to infants and young toddlers.

This poster includes some simple safeguards at bath time to reduce bathtub drowning hazards when using a bath aid.

Baby bath aids are not a safety device and should not be used as a substitute for adult supervision. This brochure includes some simple safeguards at bath time to reduce bathtub drowning hazards when using a bath aid.

This bulletin outlines the requirements of the revised mandatory standard for toys for children under three.