Use case · Distributors & retailers
GPSR compliance for distributors & retailers
Distributors and retailers must act with due care: check that products carry the required information and pull anything that turns out to be unsafe. SafeCart continuously screens your catalogue against EU recalls so you are the first to know, not the last.
Article 12 of the GPSR asks distributors and retailers to act with due care before making a product available: verify it bears the manufacturer's and importer's identification, the required warnings and instructions, and to not sell it where you know or should presume it is unsafe. Because you may carry thousands of SKUs from many suppliers, the practical challenge is catching a recall across all of them — which is exactly what SafeCart automates.
What the GPSR requires of distributors & retailers
The obligations that come with your role under the EU General Product Safety Regulation.
Check required markings
Before making a product available, verify it carries manufacturer and importer identification, required warnings, and instructions in the right language.
Don't sell unsafe products
Where you know or should presume a product is not compliant or is dangerous, do not make it available and inform the relevant economic operator and authorities.
Protect safety in storage & transport
Ensure storage and transport conditions do not jeopardise the product's compliance with general safety requirements while it is in your hands.
Support corrective action
Cooperate with manufacturers, importers and authorities on corrective actions, and pass on recall information to affected customers.
How SafeCart helps
Turn the ongoing parts of compliance — traceability and recall monitoring — into something you manage from one dashboard.
Catalogue-wide recall screening
SafeCart checks every product you stock against the official EU Safety Gate feed, so a recall anywhere in your range is surfaced automatically.
First-to-know alerts
Ingesting the Safety Gate (SGIG) API roughly every 15 minutes means you are notified as notices publish — not on your next manual check.
Listing information checks
Hold manufacturer and importer details against each SKU so you can confirm listings show the identification the regulation requires.
Fast customer notices
Generate recall and safety notices pre-filled with official Safety Gate data to pass corrective information to affected customers quickly.
Frequently asked questions
What are a distributor's obligations under the GPSR?
Under Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2023/988, distributors must act with due care: verify the product bears required manufacturer and importer identification, warnings and instructions; not make available products they know or should presume are unsafe; ensure storage and transport do not compromise safety; and cooperate on corrective actions.
As a retailer, am I responsible if the manufacturer got it wrong?
You are responsible for acting with due care. If required markings are missing, or you know or should presume a product is unsafe, you must not make it available and should inform the economic operator and authorities. You are not expected to redo the manufacturer's conformity work, but you cannot ignore obvious problems or published recalls.
How can I monitor recalls across thousands of SKUs?
SafeCart matches your entire catalogue against the EU Safety Gate feed automatically using validated GTIN matching, with a human-reviewed tier for notices without barcodes — so you get catalogue-wide coverage without checking Safety Gate by hand.
Does SafeCart work with my store platform?
SafeCart is built for online sellers and integrates with common ecommerce platforms and marketplaces; you import your catalogue and it monitors those products against Safety Gate. See the documentation for the current list of supported integrations.
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