The following notice has been issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Product
Automatic Inflatable Adult Survival Aid Vest (sold via eBay)
Type
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Life Jacket / buoyancy aid
Country of origin
China
Product description
A yellow vest style survival aid / life jacket with reflective trim, black front waist belt with buckle and double back strap. Orange whistle supplied attached via a white cord.
eBay item number
353929251233
Listing name
Automatic Inflatable Life Jacket Inflation Adult Survival Aid Vest Luminous Film
Hazard
The product has been assessed as presenting a serious risk of drowning. 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 life jacket.
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.
The listing has been removed by the online marketplace (eBay).
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