Product safety and you

Non-prescription contact lenses, also known as cosmetic lenses, novelty lenses, crazy lenses, fancy lenses or fashion lenses are becoming increasingly popular. The misuse of non-prescription contac...

Since 1984, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received reports of over 275 young children drowning in buckets. There are many bucket drowning reported each year around...

Blind and curtain cords can pose a serious risk for babies and young children. This brochure outlines several simple steps you can take to minimise risk and keep your children safe.

An unsafe goods notice temporarily banning the supply of children's toys with a lead migration level of greater than 90 mg/kg was declared on 19 September 2007. The ban took effect immediately and ...

The mandatory consumer product safety standard specifies requirements for the design, construction, performance and labelling of vehicle jacks.

Report to the Australian Senate on the tobacco industry.

This leaflet explains how the product safety and product information provisions of the Trade Practices Act work in practice and the role of the ACCC. It also provides guidance on how supp...

A brochure and check-list on how to use a hot water bottle safely.

While dummies are designed to help comfort and settle children, they are also a potential hazard to infants and young toddlers. Poorly designed or manufactured dummies can break apart and the sm...

Brochure and poster: Baby bath aids are not a safety device and should not be used as a substitute for adult supervision. This brochure and poster are part of an ACCC safety awareness campaign for ...

This brochure and poster provides information on installation and safe use of basketball rings and backboards. Basketball rings installed on home exteriors may not be able to support the player's w...

Make your home a safe place for children. Young children love to climb and will often play on household furniture. However, climbing on furniture can place children at significant risk.

Fires can cause serious injury or death. Fires can also destroy your most cherished possessions and home. In Australia each year, some 70 people die as a result of fire, and probably more than 1000...

You don't have to fall far off a ladder to be seriously injured: 1–2 metres can be enough. At least 83 Australians, mainly men, have died after falling from a ladder over the past five years. T...

Toys are an important part of childhood, helping children learn and develop, as well as entertaining them. Unfortunately, some toys can be dangerous. Poorly constructed toys or toys that are inappr...

This booklet provides information to help you make sure your child's nursery is a safe place.

Flyer, A4: Outlines the new requirements of the revised mandatory standard for toys for children under three.

Brochure: This is a guide to buying safe toys for children—what to look for and what to avoid.

This brochure outlines the safety features to look out for before buying a bunk bed.

Flyer, DL: outlining important safety features to look out for before buying baby walkers.

Brochure: Sets out ways in which consumers, suppliers and government can contribute effectively to safe product outcomes.

Brochure: outlining what safety features to look for when buying a cot, and how to best use it.

'Safety alert' brochure outlining the danger of working under a vehicle that is supported by a jack.

The power to ban the sale of unsafe goods and declare national consumer product standards was established in 1977 by amendments to the Trade Practices Act. The ACCC is responsible for ensuring supp...

An eighteen-month temporary ban on mini-cup jellies containing konjac was recently announced. This followed a substantial number of deaths and near deaths overseas and in Australia. The ban came in...

A guide to the product safety mandatory standard for children's nightwear and limited daywear.

Balloon-blowing kits are subject to a consumer product safety standard that prohibits the use of the carcinogenic substance benzene. This booklet explains the standard, the responsibilities of supp...

Bean bags, bean bag covers and the packaging of bean bag filling are subject to a consumer product safety standard. The standard aims to protect young children from the danger of ingesting and inha...

A consumer product information standard applies to cosmetics and toiletries. This booklet explains the standard, the responsibilities of suppliers and retailers under it, and the ACCC's role i...

Elastic luggage straps are subject to a consumer product safety standard that addresses the dangers of the accidental release of a stretched strap. Many serious eye injuries have been caused by ela...

Exercise cycles are subject to a consumer product safety standard designed to reduce injury associated with their use. More specifically, it aims to reduce the incidence of injuries to the fingers,...

A revised consumer product safety standard for paper patterns for children’s nightwear and limited daywear became effective on 1 November 1999. The mandatory standard aims to reduce the risk of n...

A revised consumer product safety standard for pedal bicycles became effective on 1 November 1999. Compliance with consumer product safety standards is mandatory. This means that all suppliers of p...

If you make, distribute, import, sell (new or secondhand) or hire household cots then this information is important to you. On 30 June 1998 a new mandatory product safety standard covering children...

An unsafe goods notice banning the supply of toothpaste containing more than 0.25 per cent by weight of diethylene glycol (DEG) was declared on 3 August 2007. The ban took effect immediately.

A new mandatory safety standard for prams and strollers takes effect from 1 July 2008. The standard requires that prams and strollers sold in Australia have a number of safety features, including a...

This guide provides an overview of the mandatory requirements for children’s prams and strollers.