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Product Recalls and Alerts
Guidance
Information on OPSS product safety alerts, reports and recalls for unsafe products and resources for consumers, businesses and regulators.
![Montage of clothing, cosmetics, electrical products, furniture, garden equipment, PPE, tools and toys.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65e8512a4e2a8a00185c37b4/s465_GUKProductMontage1.jpg)
King's Speech 2024: background briefing notes
Policy paper
Read the briefing notes on the announcements made in the 2024 King’s Speech.
![Product Safety and Metrology Bill](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a105f649b9c0597fdb041d/s465_GUKPSMB2.jpg)
Product safety recalls: summer safety 2024
News story
OPSS identifies product safety recalls to help keep you safe this summer.
![Six summer product recalls: two stoves, two life jackets and two climbing harnesses.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66b9ee35ce1fd0da7b59360d/s465_GUKSummerRecalls.jpg)
OPSS publishes annual report for its Product Safety Database for 2023-24.
![Montage of clothing, cosmetics, electrical products, furniture, garden equipment, PPE, tools and toys.](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66c6f8e095bd109d30d766a9/s465_GUKProductMontage2.jpg)
Guidance for manufacturers, importers and distributors on the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 and Regulations 2023.
![Consumer connectable product security](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/664750ca4f29e1d07fadca44/s465_GUKCCPS.jpg)
Important Safety Message from OPSS.
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Our primary purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence.
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Birmingham Office
4th Floor Cannon House18 The Priory Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6BS
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0121 345 1201
Teddington Office
Stanton Avenue
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 0JZ
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