OPSS enforcement actions 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026
Updated 19 February 2024
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The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), the UK’s product regulator is part of the Department for Business and Trade, and exercises the powers of the Secretary of State in relation to a range of regulations. Our approach to addressing non-compliance by those we regulate, and potential product safety risks, is set out in our Enforcement Policy. This also sets out the approach we take to publishing details of enforcement actions.
The enforcement actions listed below were taken by OPSS from 1 October 2025 onwards. Further enforcement actions will be added periodically. Actions are grouped under the following headings: Construction Products and Product Safety.
Construction Products – October 2025
Business: CLOUDSWITCHED LIMITED
Action taken:
Prohibition Notice dated 21 October 2025, served under Regulation 11(1)(b) of the Construction Products Regulations 2013 as applicable in England, Wales and Scotland.
Product:
Oren CAT7 Ethernet Cable, subject to Declaration of Performance number 17071
Breached regulation details:
Regulation 4(1) of the Construction Products Regulations 2013
Detail:
Test results obtained by OPSS following a test purchase indicated a reaction to fire classification of Dca, rather than the declared class B2ca‑s1a,d1,a1, the product was therefore not in conformity with its Declaration of Performance.
The Notice prohibits the supply of the above product in Great Britain without the consent of OPSS. The business is also required to recall any product in the supply chain and organise the return of product from customers and end users, where it has not been incorporated in a permanent manner in construction works or parts thereof.
Construction Products – December 2025
Business: METADOR LTD
Action Taken:
Notice to Warn dated 12 December 2025, served under Regulation 12(1) of The Construction Products Regulations 2013, as applicable in England, Wales and Scotland.
Products:
- Defender Fireshield
- Defender Inox
- Defender Module X
- Defender PASguard
- Defender Soundguard
Breached legislation details:
Regulation 4(1) of the Construction Products Regulations 2013
Detail:
The products were not supplied with a declaration of performance that declared the performance of fire resistance. As a result, they cannot be considered to be fire rated when used externally.
The business was required to warn any person to whom they supplied the products, including those in the supply chain, distributors and final customers, where known, that the products were unsuitable to be used as external pedestrian doorsets, where they were required to be fire rated.
Details were published on the OPSS Product Safety Alerts, Reports and Recalls page under PSD case number 2512-0236.
Product Safety – November 2025
Business: Shenzhen Qibeile Industrial Co., Ltd., trading as PippyPanda Kids Toy Store (based in China)
Action taken:
Withdrawal Notice dated 27 November 2025, served under Regulation 14(1) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, by virtue of Regulation 53(2)(c) of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.
Product:
Hammering Toys Montessori 8 in 1 Fishing Games Fine Motor Skill Toddler Activities Baby Early Learning Educational Toy
Detail:
The product presents a medium risk of choking due to the easy production of small parts during use.
The distributor is required to withdraw the product from the market. The online marketplace (Aliexpress) removed the product listing.
Business: Shenzhenshixinheshengchuanmaoyiyouxiangongsi, trading as XinHeShengChuan2023 (based in China)
Action taken:
Withdrawal Notice dated 27 November 2025, served under Regulation 14(1) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, by virtue of Regulation 53(2)(c) of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.
Product:
Baby Toys 12 18 Months Baby Musical Toys for 1 Year Old Girls, Sensory Toys with Bus, Xylophone, Shape Sorter, Pull Along Toys for 12-18 Mon, purchased through OnBuy.com
Detail:
The product presents a medium risk of choking due to the easy production of small parts during use.
The distributor is required to withdraw the product from the market. The online marketplace (OnBuy) removed the product listing.
Product Safety – February 2026
Business: HOTHOUSE BEAUTY LTD marketed as “Kids Stuff”
Action taken:
Suspension Notice dated 27 February 2026, served under Regulation 11(1) of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, with effect until 27 August 2026.
Products:
Kids Stuff Blue Crazy Foaming Soap 200ml foaming soap, Kids Stuff Pink Crazy Foaming Soap 200 ml, Kids Stuff Purple Crazy Foaming Soap 200ml, with batch numbers:
- 26109E 3 (Pink);
- 25947E 1 (Pink);
- 26112E 5 (Blue);
- 26112E 4 (Blue);
- 25948E 3 (Blue);
- 25651E 3 (Purple); and any other aerosolised foaming soap products, produced by Hothouse Beauty Ltd, with the same flammability characteristics.
Detail:
There are reasonable grounds to suspect that the products are not safe products and therefore may contravene Regulation 5 of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 because the flammability characteristics of the products, when used under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions, pose a safety risk, particularly to vulnerable persons including children.
The producer is required to suspend the products from the market while further investigations are carried out.
The risk associated with these products is highlighted on the Product Safety Report.