OECD work on consumer product safety aims to improve co-operation amongst jurisdictions. The focus of its mandate is on improving information sharing and promoting greater co-operation among product safety market surveillance, enforcement, and regulatory authorities worldwide by: 

 

• Identifying safety issues early
• Sharing practices and policy law developments
• Addressing safety concerns in a consistent way
• Supporting global and regional fora

 

GlobalRecalls Portal   The OECD GlobalRecalls portal   brings together infomation on thousands of product recalls issued around the world	Awareness Campaigns    Safety of products sold online (#SafeProductsOnline) 12-16 November 2018 Furniture tip-overs (November 2017) | Window covering cord safety (June 2016) Laundry detergent capsules (March 2015) | Button battery safety (June 2014)
Online Product Safety    Online product safety: Trends and shallenges (2016) Online product safety sweep results (2016)	New Technologies   Consumer product safety in the Internet of Things (2018) Consumer policy and the smart home (2018)
Policy Developments Australia   Canada Japan   Korea New Zealand   United States EU	Risk Assessment International consumer product safety risk assessment practices (2016) Product risk assessment practices of regulatory agencies (2016)

 

Earlier reports 

• Enhancing consumer product safety information sharing (also available in French)
• Summary report of the October 2008 roundtable on consumer product safety (also available in French)
• Compilation of responses to the OECD questionnaire on consumer product safety
• Analytical report on consumer product safety (also available in French)
• Roundtable on Consumer Product Safety

 

See also

• Digital consumers