Government opens new Office for Product Safety and Standards.

Office for Product Safety and Standards intended to "enhance the UK's world-leading product safety system"

The UK government has opened a new national body tasked with tracking consumer risks and responding to large-scale product recalls.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards is intended to "enhance the UK's world-leading product safety system" and "give consumers the highest ever levels of protection".

The new organisation is in response to rising global trade, online shopping and product innovation. It's part of the government's response to the Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety.

The Office will provide support and advice to Trading Standards teams around the country, and will delegate work among local authorities - some of the work that used to be done by the Office of Fair Trading before former Chancellor George Osborne closed it down. 

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By Nicholas Fearn.