Product Safety
Safety inspections
We routinely visit Poole businesses, and investigate consumer complaints to ensure that traders in Poole only supply safe consumer products.
Unsafe products
If you are a consumer who has been supplied with a product intended to be used by the general public and you believe it is unsafe then please email us or phone us on the number given below.
Product safety recalls
A list of products that have been recalled for reasons of safety can be found at Trading Standards Central. 
Safety regulations
There is a growing list of safety regulations that relate to a wide variety of products and we enforce the provisions of regulations that cover
- consumer products
- certain medical devices
- personal protective equipment
- machinery
- pressure vessels
Where to seek further advice
Guidance notes on product safety are available at the Trading Standards Central website.
Advice concerning child safety is available at the Child Accident Prevention Trust .
Borough of Poole is a member of SWERCOTS which is a partnership of 15 local authority trading standards services in South West England.
SWERCOTS has produced information for businesses and residents concerning safety. This is available through the following links:
- Buy Wise Be Safe - guidance for parents/guardians on car seats, cots, fireguards, high chairs, smoke alarms, childrens clothing, glass, poison, pushchairs, safety gates, safety marks and second hand goods.
- Are you Sun Smart? - guidance on sun protection.
- A Report assessing the Safety of Christmas Novelties.
However for more in-depth advice traders and consumers can e-mail us or phone us on the number given below.
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