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The guide, toolkit and further information for GB authorities with responsibility for consumer product safety.
How the MHRA makes decisions on when a product is a medical device (borderline products), and which risk class should apply to a medical device.
Things to consider when buying and using products.
What you need to know about and do to comply with the law and keep consumers safe.
Organisational definitions of terms concerned with risk and risk-related matters.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model for live animals, animal products, plants and plant products imported to Great Britain.
How to use a risk-based approach to carry out compulsory risk assessments of your business.
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from a non-EU country to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the import rules and inspection rates for each category.
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
Resources for local regulators.
How to submit your periodic safety update report report (PSUR) or periodic benefit risk evaluation report (PBRER)
Information on OPSS product safety alerts, reports and recalls for unsafe products and resources for consumers, businesses and regulators.
Product security factsheet accompanying the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, outlining the problems the Bill will address and how.
Attributions of risk and blame in smart product failure.
Find out what compound products are, and how to import or move them from the EU to Great Britain.
Marketing Authorisation Holders should review their manufacturing processes to identify and, if found, to mitigate the risk of nitrosamine impurities being present.
Check what you need to do to sell cosmetic products in Great Britain.
Comply with good manufacturing practice (GMP) and good distribution practice (GDP), and prepare for an inspection.
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