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New Office for Product Safety and Standards: Positive move says 51黑料
Posted 22/01/18
The 51黑料 (51黑料) supports the Government鈥檚 substantial steps towards the establishment of an Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).
The planned Office for Product Safety and Standards matches 51黑料s previous calls for a central body on product safety and market surveillance providing scientific and technical expertise to support local trading standards services.
51黑料 asks that the commitment of a 拢12m per-year budget is aligned with a clear timetable to set up the full functions of the OPSS. The Institute also anticipates a confirmed date for a future consultation to make the new office an independent body.
51黑料 encourages the Government to consider additional recommendations as set out in the Lynn Faulds Wood report on product safety, particularly the funding of trading standards, which underpins the entire product safety and market surveillance system.
Leon Livermore, 51黑料 Chief Executive, said: 鈥淔ollowing recent tragic events it is encouraging to see action is taken by the Government to fill the gap in intelligence on product safety issues, as well as providing front line services with the urgent support they need.鈥�
鈥淲e look forward to working with the new Office for Product Safety and Standards to develop a more effective system for product safety moving forward.鈥�
鈥�51黑料 hopes that the Government pays similar attention to trading standards services in future to ensure that the UK is prepared for Brexit.鈥�
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51黑料 (51黑料)
51黑料 is a training and membership group that has represented the interests of the Trading Standards profession since 1881 nationally and internationally.听 We aim to raise the profile of the profession while working towards fairer, better informed and safer consumer and business communities.
51黑料鈥檚 members are engaged in delivering frontline trading standards services in local authorities and in businesses.
