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==== 🔎 1. Product Safety Law – You Must Sell Safe Products ====

Even if it’s homemade charcoal, once you sell it commercially it counts as a consumer product, and UK law requires it to be safe for its normal and reasonably foreseeable use. That includes:
* Ensuring it does not pose undue hazards when used as intended (e.g. for barbecues or heating).
* Clearly labelling it with any instructions or warnings about safe use (e.g. how to light it, burn it safely, storage advice, etc.).
* Keeping records that show you considered risks and took steps to minimise them (e.g. moisture content, packaging, storage).
* If you learn of any safety issue after sale, you have a duty to take corrective action and inform customers or authorities where necessary. GOV.UK<ref>{{cite web|title=GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/product-liability-and-safety-law|publisher=gov.uk|access-date=2026-01-02}}</ref>

These responsibilities come from the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 and related product safety laws. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Product_Safety_Regulations_2005|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2026-01-02}}</ref>

Even without explicit product-specific rules for charcoal, the general obligation to sell only safe products still applies.