Guidelines for the Management of Public Health Risks Associated with Cloth Materials in Western Australia - Western Australia

Description

You will need to comply with this guideline if you intend to handle, sell or supply used cloth material items. Used cloth material items include clothing, costumes, carpets, and other soft floor coverings, footwear, head coverings and soft furnishings such as linen, mattresses, pillows, upholstery and cushions.

This guideline provides information and practical advice to assist charitable organisations, commercial businesses, consumers and government agencies to understand and manage the public health risks associated with the handling and sale and/or supply of used cloth materials.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Act(s) name

Public Health Act 2016 Western Australia

Administering agency

Department of Health

Public Health

Environmental Health Directorate

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.