Products that resemble foods and appeal to children Links

1. Some of the websites providing factual information on Products that resemble foods and appeal to children :

• European Commission consumer affairs page on product legislation
  http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/safety/prod_legis/ 
  
  
  • The General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC) aims at ensuring that only safe consumer products are sold in the EU
  • an opinion on triclosan (2002) which recommended "that the potential for biocides to induce antimicrobial resistance of importance to clinical medicine, or management of the wider environment be kept under continuous review.":
     http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/ssc/out269_en.pdf
  • Sector specific legislation on Chemicals, Toys, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals…
• List of Poison centres in Europe by the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT): www.eapcct.org/index.php?page=links 
• WHO World report on child injury prevention (2008):
  www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/child/injury/world_report/en/ 
• US Center for Disease Control offers information on poisonings:
  www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/poisoning/poisoning-factsheet.htm 
• US EPA recommendations: “Prevent Poisonings in Your Home”:
  www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/poisonprevention.htm 
• UK Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents recommendations against “Accidents in children” including poisoning:
  www.rospa.com/homesafety/adviceandinformation/childsafety/accidents-to-children.aspx