Product Safety & Standards

Best practice guide for the design of safe infant sleeping environments 2022

INPAA Button Battery Safety & Compliance Presentation

A presentation outlining button battery standards and safety in Australia.

Submission: 2021 Product Safety Priorities Environmental Scan

The National Retail Association thanks the ACCC for providing the opportunity to engage on their review of priorities for 2021 and provide our submission on behalf of the retail industry and our members.

Children's Apparel Product Safety Guidelines - Second Revision (2020)

The second revision of the Children's Apparel Product Safety Guidelines developed by the National Retail Association Technical Standards Committee.

Presentation: Battery Stewardship Scheme update from the Battery Stewardship Council

Presentation includes clarification on frequently asked questions from retailers.  

Submission: Evaluating Australia’s Country of Origin Labelling Discussion Paper (September 2020)

The National Retail Association welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Australian Government’s evaluation of the reforms to Australia’s Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) regulations for food.

Submission: ACCC Button Battery Safety – Assessment of Regulatory Options (May 2020)

The NRA agrees with the ACCC and supports Option 3 for a mandatory safety and information standard that includes Options 1 and 2 and includes a requirement for warnings and information...

Submission: Review of the Information Standard – Care Labelling for Clothing and Textile Products (June 2019)

The National Retail Association submits that the information standard should be revoked as the regulation of care labelling for garments and other textiles is unnecessary, can create more confusion with product safety labelling, and unduly increases cost burdens on businesses...

Submission: ACCC 2020 Product Safety Priorities (October 2019)

As new products are rapidly being developed across the world, more products are entering the Australian marketplace and will continue to present new and emerging safety considerations...

Submission: ACCC Button Battery Issues Paper (September 2019)

The NRA supports the inclusion of “Improving button battery safety” in the Product Safety Priorities 2019 as published by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)...

Submission: Button Batteries in Toys for Children up to and including 36 months (December 2019)

The members of the NRA’s Technical Standards Committee (NRATSC) prefer to use the voluntary Australian standard AS/NZS 62115:2018 Electric toys – Safety. However, we have no objection adopting ASTM F963-17 Standard Consumer Safety Specification For Toy Safety...

Submission: Review of the information standard – Cosmetic ingredient labelling (January 2020)

The NRA submits that a combination of Option 1 (to maintain the current information standard) and Option 3 (to allow overseas standards) is the preferred option...

Submission: Improving the Effectiveness of the Consumer Product Safety System (December 2019)

The National Retail Association welcomes the opportunity to make submissions to Commonwealth Treasury on the consultation paper: Improving the Effectiveness of the Consumer Product Safety System...

Best Practice Guide: Toppling furniture safety (2018)

In an effort to educate consumers, retailers and manufacturers about the dangers of toppling furniture, and the steps that should be taken to prevent this, the National Retail Association Technical Standards Committee released a Best Practice Guide for Furniture and Television Tip-Over Prevention in 2016.

Submission: Product Safety in Online Marketplaces (2019)

Submission to ACCC & Treasury: Australian consumers are exposed to unacceptable risk as large e-commerce marketplaces and innumerable e-shops have been found to sell products that do not meet Australian safety standards...

Video: conducting product recalls

Provided by GS1 Australia. Hear from key product safety experts involved in the grocery industry about what they see as the important factors in successfully communicating product recalls with the intention of acting as quickly as possible. These industry processes and best practices can be applied across sectors.