Isthmus Picks for Feb. 3-10 includes the Clean Lakes Alliance s Frozen Assets Festival, Wisconsin Union s Winter Carnival and Lake Mills Knickerbocker Ice Festival; an event series focusing on Black culinary traditions from Madison College; and more.
In brief
The UK government has set out its plans to explore changes to the UK’s product safety and product liability laws (Review). The Review, which has been commenced by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS, the UK government’s product safety body which was established in 2018) and includes the opening of a public call for evidence, is intended to ensure that the laws are “fit for the 21st century.” The Review specifically focuses on four key questions on whether the UK’s product regulatory framework:
adequately protects consumers from unsafe goods
is sufficiently simple to follow and flexible enough to be able to take account of new risks and opportunities, so it delivers both safe outcomes and supports business growth and innovation