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Recommendation 12

12 Accepted

The OPSS works with a range of organisations to protect consumers from unsafe products.

Conclusion
The OPSS works with a range of organisations to protect consumers from unsafe products. For example, it provides expertise and support to local Trading Standards services and works with the British Standards Institution to help develop internationally- recognised product standards.22
Government response summary AI-generated
The government details that OPSS runs a Business Reference Panel composed of over 200 trade organisations and individual businesses, as an example of its collaborative work to protect consumers.
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Government Response Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract Accepted
2.4 OPSS runs a Business Reference Panel composed of technical and regulatory leads from 200+ trade organisations and individual businesses representing a diverse range of sectors from food production, hospitality and retail to commercial and consumer product manufacturing.
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