UK OPSS Product Safety Database Annual Report

SafeGuardSCosmetics & Personal Care, Electrical & Electronics, Hardgoods, Personal and Protective Equipment, Softlines, Toys and Juvenile ProductsSep 10, 2025

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UK Office of Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) publishes the UK Product Safety Database (PSD) report for 2024-2025.

Each year, the OPSS issues a report on activity in the PSD. This database contains safety alerts raised by market surveillance authorities. It highlights where activity is most concentrated by product sector and provides an overview of the most frequently reported harms and corrective actions.

For the reporting period from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, a total of 1,418 notifications were received on the PSD, covering 1,792 products. Of these, 24% (335) were classed as serious, 12% (173) were classed as high, 8% (114) as medium and 10% (143) as low. No risk level was assigned in 44% (620) of cases and the risk level was inconclusive in 2% (33) of cases. Further details on risk level definitions can be found here.

The most frequently notified product category in the PSD was electrical appliances and equipment (26%), followed by toys (19%) and cosmetics (12%). The following chart shows the top ten product categories.

Top 10 product categories (PSD 2024-2025)

Source: OPSS Product Safety Database

The most common sources of harm were fire (23%), injuries (19%) and electric shock (15%). The following chart shows the top ten sources of harm. Cuts and entrapment, each with 1% of the total, tie in tenth place.

Source: OPSS Product Safety Database

It should be noted that harm sources are only assigned to products listed in the PSD as ‘unsafe’ or ‘unsafe and non-compliant’. This comprised 906 of the 1792 product types investigated.

The following chart shows how authorities have responded to the findings in the PSD. The most common action was ‘import rejected at border’ (35%), followed by ‘destruction of the product’ (19%) and ‘removal of the product listing’ (13%). The following chart shows the ten most common actions.

Summary:

Overall, there were fewer recalls in the period 2024-2025 compared to 2023-2024, when there were 2,258 notifications involving 2,772 products. Electrical appliances and equipment (22.9%) was the product category most commonly notified in both 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. Toys and cosmetic products swapped places between the two periods.

The most common harm source in 2023/2024 was chemical (22.3%),followed by electric shock (17.4%) and injuries (15.8%). Actions by authorities were the same as in 2024-2025, with most products being rejected at the border.

For full details of the report, see Product Safety Database report 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK.

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