2024.01.23 Recall: Unbranded Black and Orange Life Jacket (sold via Amazon)
23 January 2024
The following notice has been issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Product
Unbranded Black and Orange Life Jacket (sold via Amazon)
Type
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Life Jacket
Country of origin
China
Product description
Orange and black vest-style personal flotation device with double 38 mm waistbelt / buckle closure and a chest / buckle closure. Twin crotch straps with 20 mm webbing and plastic buckles. Marine whistle attached to vest via orange 2 mm cord sewn to cover fabric on the left worn side.
Amazon ASIN
B09Z6ZTPQB
Listing name
Life Jackets for Adult Children, Fishing Life Vest Safety Jacket, with Double Span Belt Bright Reflective Stripes & Whistle Design Suitable, for Boating Kayaking Surfing Swimming, adult, Orange
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 has required that the products are recalled 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 (Amazon).
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