Product safety for manufacturers

All information sourced has been gained from legitimate UK Gov/European sources

Legal responsibilities

Under the Sale of Goods Act 1979, all products must be ‘fit for purpose’, be of satisfactory quality and fit its description. This means that your products must fulfil the purpose the customer has been led to expect and the reasons that led them to buy it.

The act also covers any purpose that a customer asks about when the product is purchased and is guaranteed by the retailer to meet that purpose when it is sold. If a product is not fit for purpose, the customer is within their rights to have the goods replaced or repaired.

Cosmetic products safety regulations

All cosmetic products supplied in the UK, whether for consumer or professional use, must comply with European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, which came into force on 11 July 2013.

The regulation requires you to notify the European Commission of every product, using the Cosmetic Product Notification Portal (CPNP).

As I was unsure upon how a designer would interact with the European Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 Act, further research was undergone in which highlighted that usually an external body would produce these results, and that it related more directly to the manufacturers of the containers. Meaning that this would not be something in which I would have to worry about.