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01 Mar 2023 …Test your products … You need to test your products before supplying them to consumers to show that they follow … explain which tests are acceptable. They allow some flexibility in how you choose to test your product. We…
19 Jul 2023 … on the products you supply. There are many ways you can be alerted to a safety issue with your product. This includes through: supply chain or manufacturing advice product or quality testing contact from a government … facility to test your products against safety criteria. Some overseas test facilities may also be able to test your product if they are accredited with a recognised testing authority. You are responsible … Subscribe to Product Safety Australia for updates about product safety news and recalls. Product safety: A guide to testing Conducting a consumer product safety recall Tell the ACCC…
30 May 2023 … standard gives you some flexibility in how you choose to test your product. You can choose to test against … Technologies standard). If you choose to test using the Lithium Technologies standard, your product’s battery … or cover. If a test specified in a product-specific standard isn’t appropriate for your product, you can…
31 Mar 2023 … can test the recalled products that are returned to you to find out. Have you taken all reasonable … of the product? worked out the failure rate by testing a sample of the returned product to see how many were … Page There is no set timeline for how long you should conduct a recall. This is because products are different in how they are used and misused, their defects and hazards. Consider if you have done enough to remove the risk from consumers. We will let you know when regular progress reports are no longer needed…
31 Mar 2023 …Identify affected products and assess the risk … Page To understand the size and urgency of the recall, you need information about the product, why it is unsafe and how it can potentially harm people. You also need to assess the risk posed by the affected product and understand if similar safety issues exist in other products you or others supply. … Identify affected products – name, model, serial numbers, batch numbers, production dates, manufacturer, expected lifespan of the product. Stop sale, manufacture, import, and advertising of the product. Identify the number of affected products supplied to consumers and those in the supply chain. Identify…
11 Aug 2023 …Improving mandatory product safety standards … Page The ACCC is looking to improve mandatory Australian product safety standards. This includes updating mandatory standards to recognise suitable overseas standards alongside Australian standards. The ACCC is looking to improve mandatory Australian product safety standards. This includes updating … Mandatory standards sit under the product safety framework in the Australian Consumer Law. Each…
25 Aug 2023 …Standard The mandatory standard prescribes requirements for cylinder construction, performance testing and identification colours for fire extinguishers. The mandatory standard prescribes requirements for cylinder construction, performance testing and identification colours for fire extinguishers. … for cylinder construction, performance testing and identification colours. … parts to this Australian New Zealand standard and the one that will be relevant for your product depends…
10 Feb 2023 …Page The purpose of a mandatory standard is to make particular safety or information features on products compulsory for legal supply of the product into the Australian market. It is an offence to supply … particular safety or information features on products compulsory for legal supply of the product … This mandatory standard applies to dummies designed specifically for babies and dummy chains and similar products intended to attach a baby’s dummy to his/her clothing.…
29 Jul 2023 … of consumer goods. We inspected or tested over 16,000 products which resulted in over 100 product lines being … Product Safety Conference keynote address by ACCC Chairman Rod Sims … Page The keynote address at the International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organisation…
25 Aug 2023 …The Consumer Goods (Baby Bath Aids) Safety Standard 2017 sets out mandatory requirements for baby bath aids. The mandatory standard is based on certain sections of the voluntary American Society for Testing and Materials Standard ASTM F1967‑13 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Infant Bath Seats … with requirements and tests based on the ASTM F1967 – 13 on the baby bath aid’s packaging, or visible from … remain legible for the life of the product and must not run, fade or be removable. Safety warning…