Publications

Did you know that a hair straightener can get hot enough to fry an egg? Each week, one child in Queensland alone, suffers serious burns from hair straighteners.

This bulletin alerts suppliers of pedal bicycles and bicycle helmets to some of the hazards associated with these consumer goods. It also outlines some of your responsibilities as a supplier.

The product safety guide for business has been designed to help suppliers of consumer goods understand Australia’s national product safety laws, and ensure they only sell products that comply with those laws.

Australia’s first national survey of mobility scooter users.

Each week one child in Queensland suffers serious burns from hair straighteners.

The products of concern are small, high powered magnets which are generally supplied as aggregated masses to adults as novelty products.

This brochure has information about the hazards of blind and curtain cords/chains as well as steps you can follow to protect children from them.

Safety warning notice about adult novelty products that contain small high-powered rare-earth magnets. The products are marketed under various names including 'BuckyBalls', 'Neocubes' and 'Neodymium sphere magnets'.

ACCC have partnered with Football Federation Australia for a national safety initiative helping to prevent deaths and serious injuries to kids and teenagers – and make soccer a safe activity for everyone involved.

This safety brochure provides information on the hazards along with tips on how you can anchor, check and respect your soccer goalposts and stay safe before, during and after games.

This poster is part of the 'The Battery Controlled' campaign. It highlights button battery hazards as well as some safety steps to help prevent children dying or being severely injured.

This fact card is part of the 'The Battery Controlled' campaign. It provides button battery hazard information, as well as safety tips to help prevent children's serious injury or death.

The national product safety system covers consumer goods, which are intended to be or are likely to be for personal, domestic or household use.

A list of products with mandatory standards regulated by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and enforced by the ACCC.

Amber teething necklaces and bracelets consist of amber beads which are a fossilised tree resin and range in colour from yellow to white and beige and brown. The products are sold by a range of suppliers under a variety of names.

The purpose of this consultation paper was to seek comments on the proposed changes to the tobacco graphic health warning system.

Provides a safety checklist and information on what to look for when buying prams and strollers and using them safely.

Outlines the dangers of working under a vehicle that is supported by a jack. It also provides a safety checklist on what to consider when working under a vehicle.

Dummy chains are used to attach a babies' dummy to its clothing and are therefore likely to be chewed or mouthed by the child.

The Draft Notice proposes to revoke the interim ban on babies' dummies to which there are crystals, beads or other similar ornaments attached to the ring or handle or plug or shield.

Follow these seven easy steps to use recovery (snatch) straps safely.

Follow these seven easy steps to use an angle grinder safely.

Follow these seven easy steps to use a ladder safely.

A list of questions (with answers) posed online during the ACCC's product testing webinar.

Alerts suppliers of cosmetics including hair products about the safe limits of 'free formaldehyde' in cosmetics, as well as the ingredient labelling requirements.