Product safety regulatory intelligence

Foresight monitors the GPSR, Safety Gate alerts, RoHS, recalls and standards in your markets, and flags which of your products each change affects.

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From 1 July 2026, the EU’s RoHS exemption for lead in copper alloys no longer covers parts of consumer equipment a child could put in its mouth, unless tests show they release little lead. Tarnwick is fictional. Choose any product to see the evidence.

Tarnwick’s products, each checked against the EU’s RoHS exemption 6(c) for lead in copper alloys, as it applies from 1 July 2026. Choose a row to see its evidence.
Market	Lead	Impact
EU	2.9%	Affected
GB	None	Not affected
GB	None	Not affected
EU	None	Not affected
EU	None	Not affected

What Foresight watches in product safety

Product safety laws in the EU, the US, Great Britain and Asia, the rules for cosmetics and for each kind of product, and the recalls and standards Foresight follows across markets.

European Union
- General Product Safety Regulation
  Safety duties for consumer products
- Safety Gate
  Alerts on dangerous products
- New Legislative Framework
  CE marking, accreditation and market surveillance
- European Product Act
  The planned reform of the EU’s product and market surveillance rules
- RoHS
  Restricted substances and their exemptions
- Cyber Resilience Act
  Cybersecurity for products with digital elements
- Batteries Regulation
  Substance limits, labels and conformity for batteries
United States
- CPSC rules
  Safety standards and bans for consumer products
- California Proposition 65
  Warnings for listed chemicals in products
- California’s Safer Consumer Products
  Priority products and alternatives analysis
Great Britain
- Product Regulation and Metrology Act
  Great Britain’s framework for product safety rules
- Toys (Safety) Regulations
  Safety and chemical limits for toys in Great Britain
- UK RoHS
  Restricted substances in electrical and electronic equipment
Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand
- Japan’s Consumer Product Safety Act
  Technical standards, accident reports and recalls
- Japan’s Consumer Safety Act
  Reporting and investigating consumer accidents
- Hong Kong’s Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance
  A general safety duty for consumer goods
- Thailand’s Industrial Products Standards Act
  Mandatory TIS standards and certification
Cosmetics
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
  Banned and restricted ingredients
- UK Cosmetics Regulation
  Great Britain’s ingredient rules and notifications
- MoCRA
  Facility registration, safety substantiation and adverse event reports
- China’s CSAR
  Cosmetic registration and safety assessment
- Korea’s Cosmetics Act
  Safety, manufacturing and labelling of cosmetics
- Japan’s PMD Act
  Cosmetics, quasi-drugs and medical devices
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
  Common rules, and Thailand’s and Vietnam’s own cosmetics laws
- India’s Drugs and Cosmetics Act
  Import registration and standards for cosmetics
Consumer products
- Toys
  Including the EU’s new Toy Safety Regulation
- Childcare products
  Strollers, car seats and other products for young children
- Furniture
  Flame retardants, formaldehyde and durability
- Jewellery
  Limits on lead, cadmium and nickel
- Tattoo inks and permanent make-up
  Restrictions on hazardous ingredients
- Aerosol dispensers
  Pressure, flammability and labelling
- Fireworks
  Safety standards, noise limits and bans
- Food contact materials
  Including the EU’s rules for plastics
Equipment and building products
- Electrical and electronic equipment
  Hazardous substances, safety and end of life
- Machinery
  Including the EU’s Machinery Regulation
- Personal protective equipment
  Including the EU’s PPE Regulation
- Pressure equipment
  Vessels, piping and safety accessories
- Gas appliances
  Safety and efficiency of appliances that burn gas
- Lifts
  Lifts and their safety components
- Construction products
  Including the EU’s Construction Products Regulation
- Medical devices
  Including the EU’s MDR and IVDR, and ASEAN’s directive
Across markets
- Market surveillance
  Recalls, withdrawals and enforcement
- Standards
  New and withdrawn standards
- Fire safety
  Flammability and fire performance of products
- Product liability
  Producers’ liability for defective products

See how Monitoring works

Projects for product safety compliance

Foresight runs the work a change leaves behind, from a portfolio check to answers for your customers. Your expert approves each result.

The sectors product safety rules reach

Product safety rules reach electrical goods, construction products, toys and machinery alike. Each sector page opens on the changes Foresight is tracking for a typical company in it.

What is moving in product safety

Foresight keeps a public page for 179 product safety topics, each showing how active a framework, product type or theme is. These are the most active now.

Intensifying
Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
+113% vs prior 8 weeks
Most active
Market Surveillance
73 alerts in the last 7 days

Frameworks

Products

Themes

All 179 product safety topics

What product safety teams ask

What does Foresight watch in product safety?

The EU’s General Product Safety Regulation and its Safety Gate alerts, the New Legislative Framework and the planned European Product Act, RoHS, the Cyber Resilience Act and the Batteries Regulation. In the US, CPSC rules, Proposition 65 and California’s Safer Consumer Products. Great Britain’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act, toy safety rules and UK RoHS, and the consumer product laws of Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. The cosmetics rules of the EU, Great Britain, the US, China, Korea, Japan, ASEAN and India. The rules for toys, childcare products, furniture, jewellery, tattoo inks, aerosols, fireworks, food contact materials, electrical and electronic equipment, machinery, personal protective equipment, pressure equipment, gas appliances, lifts, construction products and medical devices. Foresight also follows recalls, market surveillance, fire safety, product liability and new and withdrawn standards across markets.

How does Foresight know which changes matter to us?

You name your products, what goes into them and the markets you sell into. Foresight scores each change against them and says why it was flagged, such as “You track lead, and the EU is one of your markets.” A portfolio impact assessment goes further and checks a change against each of your products.

Does Foresight follow recalls?

Yes. Foresight watches regulators’ recall and enforcement notices, including the EU’s Safety Gate alerts, and brings what changes there to your team as alerts.

Where does the evidence come from?

From the official source: the official journal, the regulator’s notice or the standards body’s announcement. Every alert and every project result links to the document it rests on, so your team can check the wording directly.

Who signs off a project’s results?

The person you name at your organisation. In a project, nothing is final until they sign it off, and each result opens on the evidence behind it.

How do we start?

Book a demo and bring your products and markets. The Foresight team will show you what is changing for them. You see a project’s scope and price before it starts.

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Product safety regulatory intelligence

What Foresight watches in product safety

European Union

United States

Great Britain

Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand

Cosmetics

Consumer products

Equipment and building products

Across markets