Jaakko Kuustonen appointed Director of Products Department

Jaakko Kuustonen, Master of Science, has been appointed Director of Products Department since 1 October 2024, when Tuiri Kerttula, who previously held the post, retires.

Jaakko Kuustonen has worked for a long time in Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) as the Head of the Consumer Products Unit and as the first substitute for the Director of the Products Department. Previously, he worked at the Finnish Consumer Agency (currently the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority) in supervisory tasks related to consumer product control, in expert tasks related to the supervision of the Tobacco Act at the National Product Control Centre for Welfare and Health (STTV) and in expert tasks related to health protection in the Kouvola-Valkeala Municipal Federation.

"The promotion of product safety involves cooperation with companies, testing institutes, umbrella organisations, authorities, EU actors and consumers. Each of us benefits from the results of product control, which makes this task particularly meaningful to me," Kuustonen summarises.

The Products Department monitors the safety and technical reliability of products on sale and the safety of consumer services. For example, it monitors electrical devices, consumer products, building products, explosives and fireworks, hazardous substance transport packaging and containers, fire and rescue equipment, and the electromagnetic compatibility and energy efficiency of electronic equipment. The department also hosts the single-liaison office for market supervision (Fipoint).

The appointment is for a fixed term until 30 April 2025.

Further information:

Director Jaakko Kuustonen (From 1 October 2024)
tel. +358 295 052 140
[email protected]