With the vast array of toys, knick-nacks and gadgets available each year at the Royal Adelaide Show, we need to ensure any potentially dangerous items are modified or removed prior to sale.

Each year, officers from Consumer and Business Services painstakingly check every show bag to ensure the items that go on sale do not pose a safety risk and meet any mandatory product safety requirements.

This year, they’ve evaluated more than 1840 products from 400 showbags with a number of safety concerns addressed before the gates opened yesterday.

Issues addressed include a button battery compartment on a doll, cosmetics provided without ingredients and incorrectly labelled sunglasses.

CBS officers will continue to check items being supplied by stall holders at the show to ensure that products meet applicable mandatory standards and consumers heading to this year’s Royal Adelaide Show are encouraged to report any product safety concerns.

If you have a safety concern in relation to a consumer product, including toys, products containing button or coin batteries, or other novelties, please report them to CBS at https://www.cbs.sa.gov.au/contact-cbs or call 131 882

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Attributable to Andrea Michaels

It just wouldn’t be the Royal Adelaide Show without the showbags, and we rigorously assess thousands of items to identify any safety concerns.

These include keeping an eye out for potential choking hazards, potential fire or injury risks and the presence of button or coin batteries without appropriate safety features and warnings.

This year, we identified a number of safety issues including an unsafe button battery compartment on a doll and cosmetics provided without ingredients and these concerns were addressed before the show began.

Anyone who has any concerns about product safety at the Royal Adelaide Show is encouraged to contact Consumer and Business Services.

Supervision of young children is still strongly recommended as families get out to enjoy the Show!