Product safety

Product safety

This subtopic provides an overview of product safety laws applicable in Ireland and includes bespoke Irish Q&A guides on product recall and product liability. This subtopic also covers the European Commission’s proposals for a new EU General Product Safety Regulation, the EU General Food Law and the General Product Safety Directive.

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Practice Note: Product recall—Ireland—Q&A guide contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to product recall in Ireland published as part of the Lexology Panoramic series by Law Business Research (published: November 2022)
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Practice Note: Product liability—Ireland—Q&A guide contains a jurisdiction-specific Q&A guide to product liability in Ireland published as part of the Lexology Panoramic series by Law Business Research (published: October 2022)
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Practice Note: Automated vehicles—key legal issues in the EU considers the key legal issues

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