How to avoid product safety pitfalls

摘要

Steve Hayes, EMC & safety managing director at test and certification company, TRaC, explains why a compliance and risk management plan is vital to ensure product safety Should a product fall short of internationally accepted standards governing consumer safety, then the consequences can be extremely high. Indeed, just a single catastrophic episode can lead to the failure of an otherwise viable business. Of course, there is the immediate expense of withdrawing products from the market, of redesign and testing or re-testing. However, of potentially far greater impact is the risk of products causing actual harm to customers (injury or even death), with possible legal action, long term damage to reputation and destruction of brand value.