Step 1 · Hazards
Chemical, mechanical, flammability.
What we do, in detail
Four strands, with the safety file treated as the substance.
Program 01 · Assessed, then made
Plastic product manufacture
The sequence matters: assess the hazards, compile the technical file, draw up the declaration, then produce and mark. Done the other way round, a problem found later means a withdrawal rather than a design change. Material choice is part of the assessment, not separate from it, because chemical restrictions apply to what the product is made of.
Step 2 · Assess
Documented before production.
Step 3 · Declare
Conformity drawn up and held.
Step 4 · Mark
UKCA and traceability applied.
Step 1 · Test
Small parts against the test.
Step 2 · Chemicals
Migration and restrictions.
Step 3 · Warn
Hazard stated plainly.
Step 4 · Sell
With the marking in place.
Program 02 · The reason, not just an age
Games and toys
A toy excluded from under-threes must say what the hazard is, not simply carry a number. Small parts and choking are the usual reason and parents deserve to be told that specifically, because a generic age label gets read as a developmental suggestion rather than a safety warning. Button cells sit behind a compartment needing a tool.
Program 03 · Distributor duties too
In store and online
Where we sell someone else's product, the manufacturer's duties are theirs — but a distributor still has to check the marking, documentation and warnings are present and must not supply something it has reason to believe does not conform. Plenty of stock available wholesale fails that check, and the answer is not to list it.
Step 1 · Check
Marking, warnings, documentation.
Step 2 · Decline
If it is not there.
Step 3 · List
With the warnings carried through.
Step 4 · Records
Who supplied it, and to whom.
Step 1 · Mark
Name, address and batch number.
Step 2 · Record
Upstream and downstream.
Step 3 · Act
Withdraw or recall if needed.
Step 4 · Notify
Authority and customers informed.
Program 04 · So it can be found
Traceability and recall
Traceability is only ever needed on a bad day, which is exactly why it has to exist on the good ones. Our name and address plus a batch or type number go on the product or packaging, and we keep records of who supplied us and who we supplied. If something does not conform we take corrective action and notify the authority rather than hoping it was a one-off.
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