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Product safety research

Papers from the Office for Product Safety and Standards.

• From: Office for Product Safety and Standards
• Published: 5 October 2020
• Last updated: 23 January 2024 — See all updates

We commission and assure high quality, strategic science-based research to strengthen the evidence base for the development of product safety policy, delivery and enforcement.

Chemicals and materials in products

• Fire risks of upholstered products
  • 1 August 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Action limits for heavy metal impurities in cosmetic products
  • 16 March 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Recycled materials in consumer products
  • 16 March 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Characteristics of modern domestic fire scenarios
  • 27 May 2022
  • Research and analysis

Consumers and vulnerability

• OPSS product safety and consumers: Wave 5
  • 14 December 2023
  • Research and analysis
• OPSS product safety and consumers: Wave 4
  • 14 December 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Upholstered garden furniture and baby travel products
  • 18 May 2023
  • Research and analysis
• OPSS product safety and consumers: Wave 3
  • 22 February 2023
  • Research and analysis
• OPSS product safety and consumers: Wave 2
  • 30 January 2023
  • Research and analysis
• OPSS product safety and consumers: Wave 1
  • 31 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Study into second-hand sales of electrical products
  • 25 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Historical product recall case study
  • 24 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Ageing Society: product design for older people
  • 21 May 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Consumer attitudes to fire safety information on furniture
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Consumer attitudes to product safety
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis

Making regulation work better

• Product safety and industry: Wave 2
  • 14 December 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Noise testing of fireworks
  • 2 February 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Product safety and industry: Wave 1
  • 31 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Safety regulations: compliance study
  • 20 September 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Consumer behaviours and attitudes to fireworks in the UK
  • 17 May 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Insights into product recall effectiveness
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Best practice in manual design: scoping study
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Use of distributed ledger technologies to verify the provenance of goods
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis

The application of risk

• Smart products: labelling, marketing, and framing
  • 2 March 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Bayesian product safety: summary report
  • 20 September 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Public perceptions of smart products: summary report
  • 20 September 2021
  • Research and analysis

The right evidence for the future

• Testing of vape batteries
  • 7 March 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Safety of smart domestic appliances
  • 1 March 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Safety of second life batteries in battery energy storage systems
  • 31 January 2023
  • Research and analysis
• Study on the impact of artificial intelligence on product safety
  • 23 May 2022
  • Research and analysis
• Home use of ultraviolet radiation disinfection products
  • 19 April 2021
  • Research and analysis
• Domestic battery energy storage systems
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis
• Safety of domestic virtual reality systems
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis
• 3D printing of spare parts for consumer domestic appliances: safety and legal implications
  • 2 October 2020
  • Research and analysis

Published 5 October 2020
Last updated 23 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 January 2024

   Reports reordered into themes.

2. 14 December 2023

   New reports added.

3. 16 March 2023

   New reports added.

4. 7 March 2023

   New reports added.

5. 5 October 2020

   First published.