Product safety & labelling

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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.

'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...

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...

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...

Report to the Australian Senate on the tobacco industry.

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...

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...

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...

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...

If you sell prams and strollers, you need to be aware of the mandatory consumer product safety standard for prams and strollers. This fact sheet outlines the requirements of the standard.

All bunk beds sold in Australia must meet the mandatory consumer product safety standard for bunk beds administered by the ACCC.

A mandatory standards guide summarising the requirements for babies' dummies. This guide is for suppliers.

The ACCC is keen to alert suppliers to requirements of two new mandatory standards: Children’s portable folding cots, effective from 1 March 2009. Lead in children’s toys, effective from 1 ...

The ACCC is keen to alert suppliers to requirements of two new mandatory product safety standards: Flotation and aquatic toys and Swimming and flotation aids. These new mandatory product safety st...

A guide to the product safety mandatory standard for baby walkers for suppliers.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has prepared this guide to assist designers, manufacturers, importers, wholesalers, retailers and hire companies understand, organise and u...

Under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), mandatory consumer product safety standards are introduced when considered reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce the risk of injury to a person. This gu...

Under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), mandatory consumer product safety standards are introduced when considered reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce the risk of injury to a person. This gu...

Under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), mandatory consumer product safety standards are introduced when considered reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce the risk of injury to a person. This gu...

This guide provides a summary of the legal requirements for supply of children’s portable folding cots, commonly known as folding cots. Manufacturers, distributors, importers, wholesalers, retai...

Under the Trade Practices Act 1974, product safety bans are introduced when considered reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce the risk of injury. This guide provides a summary of the ban on supp...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has recently conducted a major review of product recall effectiveness in Australia. The ACCC review examined the existing consumer product recall...

For suppliers—this guide provides an overview of the mandatory requirements for children’s prams and strollers. This publication has been updated to refer to the Competition and Consumer Act 2...

Testing a product for compliance with a standard or to substantiate other claims made by the manufacturer requires expertise and great attention to detail. This involves care in product handling, m...

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...

This guide provides a summary of labelling requirements for cosmetics and toiletries. Mandatory information standards are introduced to increase consumer welfare and wellbeing by providing specifi...

This Bulletin alerts suppliers of cosmetics, including hair care products, to some of the product safety hazards associated with these items and outlines some of your responsibilities as a supplier...

This Bulletin provides information about formaldehyde in cosmetics and the hazards associated with its use. If you are a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler, hirer or retailer in the business of su...

Under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), mandatory consumer product safety standards are introduced when considered reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce the risk of injury to a person. This gu...

This bulletin alerts service agents and technicians to the obligation to report serious injury, illness or death associated with consumer goods. If you provide a service associated with consumer g...

This guide provides a summary of the requirements for the supply of bunk beds. Suppliers of bunk beds should read this guide to familiarise themselves with the hazards and the mandatory requiremen...

A list of products with mandatory standards regulated by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and enforced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The national product safety system covers consumer goods, which are intended to be or are likely to be for personal, domestic or household use. It also covers product-related services including the...

Suppliers of tobacco within and into Australia have mandatory information requirements for health warnings on all tobacco products. Specific requirements are set out for different types of tobacco...