1. Trading Standards Update
Naomi O’Connor – Senior Trading Standards Officer

2. Trading Standards Legislation
EU Legislation
Toy Safety Directive 2009
General Product Safety Directive 2001
UK Legislation
Consumer Protection Act 1987
European Communities Act 1972
General Product Safety Regulations 2005
Criminal offences

3. Includes 2nd hand products
Safety
Purpose is to ensure that all products intended for or likely to be used by consumers under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions are safe
Includes 2nd hand products

4. Electrical Items Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
BS1363 plug & BS1362 fuse to correct rating
Plugs & Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994
UK plug to BS1363 and UK fuse to BS1362
Needs to have insulation on live & neutral pins
No continental 2 pin plugs except for shavers
Plugs on Appliances
Electric Fires wrt Fire Guards

5. Furniture Upholstered sofas, beds, chairs etc.
Specific UK legislation – flame retardancy
Furniture & Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
Bunk Beds /High Beds
BS EN 474 & GPSR

6. Child Care Articles
Cots – e.g. lead in paint/ banned chemical under REACH
Carry Cot Stands – has to comply to BS EN 14466:2004
Prams
Baby Walkers
Baby Soothers (GPSR- BS EN 1400:2013)

7. Children’s Clothing Children’s Clothing
Cords & Drawstrings Drawstrings on Children’s clothing are deemed to be a strangulation hazard – has to be less than 220mm
Nightwear (Safety) Regulations 1985 CPA
Warnings on nightdresses and dressing gowns
Have to be fire retardant
Pyjamas not covered – but best practice

8. Children’s Fancy Dress Costumes
Have to comply with the Toy Safety Standard EN 71:2
Harmonised to the EU Toy Safety Directive
Current clothing requirements
Suggestions to reclassify as
Clothing
Nightwear
Review testing

9. Toys Toy (Safety) Regulations 2011 for new toys
Applies to all products designed or intended (whether or not exclusively) for use in play by children under 14
General Product Safety Regulations 2005
covers 2nd hand toys but best practice would look to the Toy Regs see take into account the factors covered to check the 2nd hand toy against them to show that it is safe

10. Toys for Younger Children
Specific things
Age warning
CE mark
Small parts
General Safety Requirement
Packaging

11. Food Imitations Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1989
Can’t have certain things that resemble food e.g. ice cream
Candles
Bath Cakes
Lip balms
Cosmetic Safety Regulations

12. Underage Sales Legally known as Age Restricted Sales
Where there’s any age restriction on products
DVDs or Videos

13. Any questions…
Thank you