The Visibility Gap
The Visibility Gap, Part 4
The internal translation layer: where product safety signals become organisational decisions
Dispatches
The internal translation layer: where product safety signals become organisational decisions
Public product safety data reveals formal action, but not every weak signal, unresolved investigation or hidden risk that preceded it.
Before a public alert appears, organisations must detect, interpret, escalate and classify emerging product safety signals. This article examines how that journey works across the EU, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Product safety systems were built to detect danger early. The harder question now is whether they can still see clearly enough.