This article is dedicated to the product development managers and executives who have responsibility for ensuring that their products, which will be marketed and sold to the general public, are safe. Part of good engineering practices (see Good Product Engineering Practices) need to take into account what safety factors are important prior to the actual design of the product. Call this: Good Safety Engineering Practices.

These days product safety is hardly a choice. In most countries it is either mandated by various laws or strongly demanded by consumer groups and must be guarantied through safety compliance, which is entreated by these laws and demands, before a product can be advertised for sale, sold, imported and, in some cases, exported.