2024.01.23 Recall: Newao Life Jacket (Blue) (sold via Wish)
23 January 2024
The following notice has been issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Product
Newao Life Jacket (sold via Wish)
Type
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Life Jacket
Brand
NEWAO
Country of origin
China
Product description
Dark blue personal flotation device with light blue colour panels and white text logo on front and back. Side entry with neoprene fabric, side plastic zipper closure with Velcro tab and double 38 mm black webbing waist strap with black plastic buckle closures.
WISH ID
5e59fc1b77e4f9004027c498
Listing name
Adult Water Sports Life Jacket Lifesaving Buoyancy Vest Motorboat Fishing Life Vest Surfing Crash Jacket
Hazard
The product has been assessed as presenting a serious risk of drowning. The product was advertised as a life jacket, but once purchased was identified as a buoyancy aid (which does not provide the same level of protection).
The product was not supplied with the required compliance documentation or markings to demonstrate that they have been adequately conformity assessed. Mandatory third-party conformity assessment by a body authorised for PPE is required by the relevant Regulations for those products which protect against more serious risks, the absence of such independent assessment for such a product may increase the risk to the consumer that the product may not perform as expected when relied upon as a buoyancy aid.
The product does not meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on Personal Protective Equipment or the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018.
Corrective action
OPSS is requiring the recall of the product from end users.
Owners are advised to cease use of the product and contact the distributor they purchased from to request redress.
The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (Wish).
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