Product safety and you

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

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...

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...

Every year up to 200 Australians are admitted to hospital because of serious burns from hot water bottles. Check out the easy steps you can take to minimise the risk of burns from hot water bottles.

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 smal...

Brochure: 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 use of baby...

This brochure 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 weight...

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.

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...

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: 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...

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...

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 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 childre...

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.

Over the last three years, more than 100 serious accidents associated with treadmills have occurred in Australian homes. This brochure offers safety guidelines for protecting your children. 

Young children can strangle themselves on looped blind and curtain cords. Take these steps to keep your children safe.

If you are a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler, retailer (whether online or shop front) or teeth whitening service provider in the business of supplying DIY teeth whitening products for home‑use...

Kids and teenagers have died and suffered serious injuries from unsafe moveable soccer goals. You can help prevent death and injury from happening to young soccer players. A video, starring M...

Kids and teenagers have died and suffered serious injuries from unsafe moveable soccer goals. You can help prevent death and injury from happening to young soccer players. A video, starring...

Loose blind and curtain cords/chains—particularly those with loops—are dangerous. Children do not understand that a cord/chain wrapped around their neck can tighten and strangle them in just a...