Buying PPE should be simple:
You choose it, trust it, it protects you.
But recent industry testing suggests it’s not always that straightforward.
Both goverment-back testing programmes and independent research are continuing to highlight a concern across the market – not all products being sold meet the standards they claim to.
So what’s actually happening?
The UK’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has been actively testing products sold through online marketplaces to to check they meet safety requirements.
You can read read the full findings here.
At the same time, the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) has been carrying out its own market surveillance – and the findings are hard to ignore.
- 82% of PPE tested from non-registered suppliers failed to meet requirements
- In some categories, failure rates reached 100%
- By comparison, products from verified suppliers (like Centurion) showed consistently high compliance levels
That’s not a small gap. That’s a clear divide.
