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This week sees the first anniversary of the Office of Product Safety and Standards
Posted 24 January 2019 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Consumer Goods and Services|National
ANALYSIS: One year after its launch, the Office for Product Safety and Standards has expanded rapidly. This assessment considers whether the organisation has delivered meaningful improvements in product safety, enforcement and support for businesses.
One year in, the OPSS has, in its own words, “grown rapidly, creating dedicated national capacity for product safety while taking forward work on supporting small business growth and implementing the Industrial Strategy vision of simplifying regulation”.
But has it been a game changer for product safety?
Consumer group Which? has been lobbying for the OPSS to be spun out as an indep...
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