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2022.01.28 Recall: US / Aus / EU / China to UK Travel Adaptor

28 January 2022

The following notice has been issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards

US / Aus / EU / China to UK Travel Adaptor

Travel adapter 

Alert number
2201-0320

Product type
Electrical appliances and equipment - travel adaptor

Product identifiers
ASIN: B08KT4JTQP

Product description
Two white travel adaptors supplied in a small transparent plastic bag. Travel adaptor has a CE mark present with wording 'Travel Universal Adaptor with Safety Shutter'

Country of origin
China

Counterfeit
No

Risk level
High

Risk type
Electric shock

Risk description
The product has been identified as presenting a high risk of electric shock as the shutters did not fully cover the aperture. The test pin could slide past the shutters and touch live parts. Also, the plug pins are just over 2 mm from the edge of the plug, less than the permissible minimum, and a fuse is not fitted. A user may touch the pins when plugging in, or unplugging the product, or otherwise access live parts through insufficient shutters, and experience an electric shock. The product does not meet the requirements of the Plugs and Sockets (Safety) Regulations 1994

Corrective measures
The product has been recalled from end users

Online marketplace
Amazon - The listing has been removed by the online marketplace

Notifier
Local authority trading standards

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