Consumer Safety

Each year many children and adults are injured as a result of goods that are defective, unsafe or fail to meet prescribed construction, performance and design standards. This topic includes a range of helpful information from product safety recalls to what to look for to decide if products are safe.

Information about current product recalls is avilable from the Product Recalls Australia [Australian Government. The Treasury] website. Information about recalls of therapeutic goods, including drugs and devices, is available from the Therapeutic Goods Administration's Recalls and alerts [Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing] website.

Updated September 2008

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Title:   Australia's measures to protect human health
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains details of measures taken by the Australian Government to protect the health of the Australian public from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Frequently asked questions
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains questions and answers about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals and its links with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Australia's Response to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in animals, commonly known as 'Mad Cow Disease'
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Entry to the Department's web pages on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in animals and its links to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in humans.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Safety alerts and advisory statements
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to safety alerts and advisory statements about medicines and medical devices in Australia.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Media release. Self-test bowel cancer kits - important notice for users
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Department of Health and Ageing will start contacting participants in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program from this week to invite people to re-take the test, after quality issues were identified during an investigation of the test kits.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Uniform recall procedure for therapeutic goods (URPTG)
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   The Uniform Recall Procedure for Therapeutic Goods defines the action to be taken by health authorities and sponsors when therapeutic goods for use in humans, for reasons relating to their quality, safety or efficacy, are to be removed from supply or use, or subject to corrective action.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Product recalls
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to consumer-level product recall notices issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Regulation of complementary medicines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page provides links to resources of relevance to complementary medicines.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Therapeutic Goods Committee (TGC)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Committee advises the Minister on standards for therapeutic goods, including labelling and packaging, and on principles to be observed in the manufacture of therapeutic goods for use in humans.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Hot/cold gel packs - safety alerts & advisory statements
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to alerts and advisory statements about hot/cold gel packs.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Heparin products - safety alerts & advisory statements
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to alerts and advisory statements about products containing heparin
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Report a problem with a therapeutic product
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Links to forms and information for reporting problems with therapeutic goods in Australia.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Urgent safety advisory - Thermoskin® hot/cold packs
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is recalling Thermoskin® brand gel hot/cold packs after testing revealed that the packs contain the toxic substance ethylene glycol, rather than the non-toxic ingredient propylene glycol.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Media statement: Commonwealth Government settlement with Pan Pharmaceuticals and its former Chief Executive
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Commonwealth Government today agreed to settle a civil claim which had been lodged in the Federal Court in Sydney by Pan Pharmaceuticals and its former Chief Executive.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Nanotechnology and therapeutic products: questions and answers
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   When used in therapeutics, nanotechnologies have been defined as the application of nanotechnologies (or nanomedicine) for the purpose of making a medical diagnosis or treating disease.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Updated advice on recall of blood-thinning medicine - Clexane (enoxaparin)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Australia's medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has recalled batches of the anticoagulant (blood-thinning) medicine Clexane (enoxaparin) due to the detection of an impurity in the affected batches.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Gas heating - health and safety issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Gas heaters need to be looked after. An unsafe heater can cause a house fire or pollute your home with dangerous fumes. A faulty gas heater can cause serious problems. Health problems that seem to be worse, or that only occur when the heating is on, may be caused by carbon monoxide from a faulty gas heater. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include tiredness, shortness of breath, headaches, dizziness, nausea, weakness, confusion and chest pain. High levels of carbon monoxide can cause unconsciousness and death.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Urgent safety advisory on use of heparin products
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Urgent safety advisory on use of heparin products.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Trasylol (aprotinin) injection
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   On 6 November 2007, Bayer Australia Ltd announced a worldwide suspension of the supply of Trasylol (aprotinin) injection.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Medicine Recalls
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about medicine recalls.
Date:   Nov 2007
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