What is PAS 7100:2022 about?
This two-part PAS is designed to help anyone placing products on the consumer market to comply with product safety legislation. PAS 7100:2022 looks at the processes, procedures, roles and responsibilities associated with executing product recalls and other corrective actions.
Who is PAS 7100:2022 for?
Part I is intended for businesses, including manufacturers, designers, importers, distributors, repairers, refurbishers and the operators of online marketplaces for consumer products.
Part II is intended for regulators that support businesses with meeting the guidance in Part I and the implementation of a product safety incident plan (PSIP).
What does PAS 7100:2022 cover?
Part 1 sets out a code of practice for businesses, providing practical guidance to help them:
- Prepare to manage a possible safety related product recall or other corrective action
- Establish mechanisms to monitor the safety of consumer products
- Investigate any potential product safety issue
- Establish mechanisms to deal with any product safety issue identified
- Review corrective action programmes to ensure that product safety responsibilities continue to be met
Part 2 is a code of practice for regulators covering how they can monitor incidents, support businesses in the preparation of a product safety incident plan (PSIP), support businesses in monitoring incidents, and respond proportionately where businesses fail to take appropriate action.
NOTE: The PAS applies to all new and second-hand non-food consumer products including products for hire and loan. Non-food consumer products include those intended for consumers or likely, under reasonably foreseeable conditions, to be used by consumers even if use by them is not intended.
Why should you use PAS 7100:2022?
This document can help your organization to:
- Build its capacity to take timely and effective action if a product safety issue arises
- Improve the efficiency with which compliant product safety monitoring and recalls are handled
- Give supply chain partners greater confidence in the safety of your products, making it easier to trade
- Reduce its product-safety related commercial and compliance risks
- Inform new product development and innovation
- Ensure your supply chain is clear about what is expected in terms of quality
PAS 7100:2022 contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure.
What’s new about PAS 7100:2022?
This is a revision of PAS 7100:2018. PAS 7100:2022 is an update that reflects changes in:
- The law – the General Product Safety Regulations and the product specific safety regulations require that new and used consumer products placed on the market in the UK must be safe, with the responsibility for this resting with manufacturers, importers and distributors
- Consumer traits
- Industry practice
