Office for Product Safety & Standards
The Office for Product Safety & Standards is part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the safety of consumer products, and the regulation of measurement standards.
Role[]
The OPSS was created in January 2018 from the Regulatory Delivery directorate of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.[1]
OPSS is the regulator for all consumer products in the United Kingdom, except for vehicles (regulated by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency), medicines (the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) and food (the Food Standards Agency}. It is also the national regulator for legal metrology, ensuring weighing and measuring instruments are accurate and reliable.[2]
See also[]
- Standards Department
- National Measurement and Regulation Office
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
References[]
- ^ "About Office for Product Safety & Standards". www.bsigroup.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "About us - Office for Product Safety & Standards". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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