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This International Standard provides practical guidance to suppliers on decisions that should be made about the safety of consumer products and the type of documentation required to verify that the assessment and management of risks was carried out and to assist organizations in meeting applicable regulatory requirements. More specifically, it describes how to: identify, assess, reduce or eliminate hazards; manage risks by reducing them to a tolerable level; and provide consumers with hazard warnings or instructions essential to the safe use or disposal of consumer products. This Standard was drafted for consumer products but may be useful for decisions concerning safety in other product sectors.