New Guide to GB General Product Safety Regulation Published

The Furniture Industry Research Association has released the first of its new guides to the General Product Safety Regulations.

The ‘GB General Product Safety Regulation Guide for the Furniture Industry’ is designed to help manufacturers and retailers navigate the GPSR's requirements in Great Britain.

Authored by Bruce Lovell, a Consultant at FIRA International (the service provider to the Furniture Industry Research Association), this 45-page guide aims to clarify these important regulations. 

The 'GB General Product Safety Regulations Guide for the Furniture Industry' replaces our previous guide to the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) and includes updates to reflect changes following Brexit.

Topics covered by the guide include:

• The primary objective of the GB GPSR and what is a 'safe' product
• What products are covered and not covered by the GPSR
• Who does the GB GPSR apply to? With a close look at producers and distributors and their obligations
• Placing products on the market and making the product available
• How to assess products for safety, including risk assessments, reasonably foreseeable use/misuse, hazard marking and warnings
• Due Diligence, including reliance on third-party information
• Technical documentation - The Technical file
• Penalties and offences
• PAS 7100: 2022 Product recall and other corrective actions. Code of Practice

Members can access the ‘GB General Product Safety Regulation Guide for the Furniture Industry’ for free as part of their membership benefits.

Non-members can purchase it via our online bookshop for £150.

The second guide, 'EU General Product Safety Regulations Guide for the Furniture Industry,' will follow shortly. This guide will address the specific product safety regime in the EU (including Northern Ireland), which includes rules that differ from those in Great Britain.