This International Standard provides practical guidance to suppliers on assessing and managing the safety of consumer products@ including effective documentation of risk assessment and risk management to meet applicable requirements. This International Standard describes how to: ?C identify@ assess@ reduce or eliminate hazards; ?C manage risks by reducing them to tolerable levels; ?C provide consumers with hazard warnings or instructions essential to the safe use or disposal of consumer products. This International Standard is intended to apply to consumer products@ but might also be applicable to decisions concerning safety in other product sectors