Product Safety Regulation - for textile and fashion companies

The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) of the EU entered into force on June 12, 2023, and will be applicable from December 13, 2024. This regulation replaces the existing General Product Safety Directive and the Food Imitating Product Directive, aiming to address the safety challenges posed by new technologies and the digitalization of markets.

The GPSR applies to all companies, regardless of size, and covers all non-food consumer products, including textile companies. The GPSR aims at strengthening consumer protection by ensuring that all consumer products, including textiles, are safe and meet the necessary safety standards before being placed on the EU market.

By attending the course, you will gain knowledge on:

The basic concept of product safety

What types of risks that can occur

How to perform a risk assessment of a generic product.

How to handle risks (acceptance, redesign, testing, guidance)

How to systematize the assessments and avoid unnecessary repetition.

The above mentioned elements will be illustrated with examples from the textile industry

Instructor

Jon Vastrup

Consultant

ALTOX

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Jon Vastrup is a Chemical Engineering graduate and has worked as a consultant at Altox since 2019. He has 17 years of experience as a Product Safety Manager at TOP-TOY and has also worked at Produktregistret. Jon specializes in the safety assessment of consumer products, focusing on amongst others toys and cosmetics. He provides regulatory advice, checks labeling, and ensures SCIP database compliance. His expertise includes toxicological assessments, classification, and labeling of chemical substances, as well as preparing safety data sheets and hazard labels in multiple languages.

Product Safety Regulation - for textile and fashion companies