Safety inspectors to be out in force at the Royal Show - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A range of government agencies will be roving round the Royal Show from Saturday checking everything from food, to show bags and rides.

Consumer Protection Commissioner Trish Blake told Mark Gibson on 102.5 ABC Radio Perth staff from consumer protection, building and energy and Worksafe would all be at the show conducting safety checks.

Consumer protection inspectors will focus show bags and prizes, and will be looking out for unsafe products including items that have button batteries or makeup without an ingredient list on the packaging.

She said products with toys with button batteries were a big concern, as the batteries could cause serious injury of death if swallowed by a child.

"We will be out there in force because those things like button batteries bans have been in place for so many years now that ignorance is no longer an excuse," she said.

"We will be not only just making the traders remove them from sale, but we will be enforcing the law quite heavily there."

When it came to cosmetic products, Ms Blake said people might not realise something such as an ingredient list was important.

"If you're having a severe skin reaction to some of the ingredients and you're at the hospital, it can make a big difference if the doctors know what the ingredients are and what you might be having that reaction to," she said.

Consumer protection inspectors will also look at projectile toys that could pose as a choking hazard.

WorkSafe inspectors have the task of checking the rides to make sure they have their registrations and certificates in place that ensure the rides are safe.

The building and energy inspectors look at electrical installations around the show.

"There's lots of lights and things on so we need to make sure that that's all being set up safely," Ms Blake said.

Consumer Protection will issue both on the spot fines and has flagged the agency plans to take tougher action if a trader has been fined in the past.

"For an individual, it would be just over $1,300 as an on the spot fine, or for a company, it's about $6,600," Ms Blake said. "

"If we find them being quite recalcitrant or if they're people that we have given fines to before, we probably won't worry about on the spot fines this time, we will take them to court where the penalties will be much greater."

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