Britons have been issued a crucial warning regarding products that pose a major safety risk to customers. These items are sold on eBay.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) said that Child Swimming Watersport Floating Vest Buoyancy Aid and Omouboi Floatage Life Jacket present “a serious risk of drowning”.
Child Swimming Watersport Floating Vest Buoyancy Aid sold via eBay
Type: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Life Jacket
eBay Item Number: 314122326949
eBay Listing Name: Kids Baby Life Jackets Child Swimming Watersport Floating Vest Buoyancy Aid
Country of origin: China
Product Description: Vest style buoyancy/swim aid with bright blue cover with children’s patterns printed on outer cover
eBay’s Child Swimming Watersport Floating Vest Buoyancy Aid presents ‘a serious risk of drowning’
eBay
The OPSS said: “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“The product has been withdrawn from the market and the listing removed by the online marketplace (eBay).”
Omouboi Floatage Life Jacket also presents “a serious risk of drowning”, warned the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Omouboi Floatage Life Jacket sold via eBay
Type: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Life Jacket
Brand: Omouboi
eBay Item Number: 255423718873
Model: SOF00002
Country of Origin: China
Product Description: An orange vest type swim aid with centre front zip with lower 25mm waistbelt and centre fastening buckle closure
Omouboi Floatage Jacket presents ‘a serious risk of drowning’
eBay
The OPSS said: “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 has been withdrawn from the market and the listing removed by the online marketplace (eBay).”
This comes as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and more issue food and product recalls over customer safety risks.
