Consumer safety

Incentives for action to prevent childhood accidents:

• The General Product Safety Regulations give guidance on safety across all products. In addition to this, there are specific regulations such as those affecting children's clothing, household furniture and novelty cigarette lighters.

Consumer safety product research has also been carried out on choking risks to children and household items such as candles.

• Local Trading Standards teams monitor specific safety concerns and work with partners to run local campaigns such as firework safety.